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Ultimate guide to bang etiquette

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This post is based on my experiences participating in over a dozen bangs in the Supernatural fandom as either a writer or an artist, on my experience as a bang moderator, and on bang experiences shared with me by acquaintances.

Despite the title, this guide isn’t definitive, but it should give you an idea as either a writer or an artist on how not to be a bad bang (or fest) participant, and whether bangs are for you.

The basics

For those of you who don’t know:

Bangs are fan creation events where writers and artists work together.

For most bangs, a writer (or a pair of writers) will write a fanfic, create a summary of that fanfic, and then the fanfic is claimed by an artist who has read this summary, who will then create art related to that fanfic after having read a copy of the fanfic.

In reverse bangs, the process is different, with the artist creating a piece of art first, which is then claimed by a writer who writes a story based on the artist’s art.

And some bangs are in fact collaborative from almost the start, with author and artist paired early, and working together in tandem to create a story and art.

How long stories should be and how many pieces of art should be created are set down in a bang’s rules.

What kind of content is permitted will also be described in the bang’s rules, as well as required ages for participants.

The finished fanfic and art are posted on websites like AO3, Tumblr, LiveJournal or Dreamwidth (where’s okay to post and how, is normally described in bang rules, as well as follow up emails/blog posts).

All of this is normally co-ordinated by a bang’s moderators. These volunteers will keep things running in terms of maintaining the schedule, enabling claims and arranging posting dates, potentially enabling promotions of fanfic before posting, as well as distributing (not submitting) what is a masterpost that links to both the finished story and art. They will also weigh in on any disputes that may arise, or help find another artist (or writer in reverse bangs) when one side drops out.

So far, so good - right?

Okay, now buckle up. We got a lot more to get through and I ain’t sugar coating this.

What follows looks at regular bangs and reverse bangs, and discusses etiquette for writers and artists.

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“ Sign ups now open for the 2018 Team Free Will Big Bang! Do you love Team Free Will and Team Free Will 2.0 as much as we do? Then you’ve come to the right bang.
Authors can sign up here.
Artists can sign up here.
Bang participation...
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Sign ups now open for the 2018 Team Free Will Big Bang!

Do you love Team Free Will and Team Free Will 2.0 as much as we do? Then you’ve come to the right bang.

Authors can sign up here.

Artists can sign up here.

Bang participation requirements:

For authors: A big bang fic of at least 15,000 words, or a mini bang fic of at least 5000 words.

For artists: For big bangs - a cover and two pieces of art. For mini bangs - a cover and one piece of art.

Posting will be happening in September 2018.

Don’t forget to checkout the:

FAQ and Rules | Schedule

Still got questions? Send us an ask or email teamfreewillbigbang@gmail.com.

~ dreamsfromthebunker and majesticduxk

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“ Signups now open for the 2017 Team Free Will Big Bang Running for the first time since 2014, the Team Free Will Big Bang is back and it hungers for your TFW fanfic and art.
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Signups now open for the 2017 Team Free Will Big Bang

Running for the first time since 2014, the Team Free Will Big Bang is back and it hungers for your TFW fanfic and art.

Author Signups | Artist Signups

This Bang event is for Supernatural and Supernatural RPF fanfics that focus on the relationships between Dean, Sam and Castiel, or Jared, Jensen and Misha. Team Free Will BB stories can be gen, or have a particular pairing, or threesome or poly construct.

What’s important is that all three characters are present and are the focus of the story. For example:

You can write a Sam/Cas story that also explores the deep friendship between Dean and Cas, and Sam and Dean’s brother relationship.You cannot write a Sam/Dean story in which Cas does not appear, or a Dean/Cas story where Sam is off doing research for most of the story.

At the end of the day it is up to your own judgement to decide if your story fits, but if you want to run your idea past the mods, then please do send us a Tumblr ask or email us at teamfreewillbigbang@gmail.com.

AUs are welcome, as are fusions and crossovers, as long as the Supernatural characters remain the focus of the story.

NOTE: Please ensure that all fanfic and art doesn’t include under 16s depicted in sexual situations - this raises to 18 for RPF. Basically - off the page is fine, but not on the page.

There are two length options: Big Bang, a minimum of 15,000 words, which will receive a minimum of two art pieces from the artist plus a fic cover, and Minibang, a minimum of 5,000 words, which will receive a cover and at least one piece of art.

We’ll be running separate community chats via Twitter DM for authors and artists, so that people can ask for support or share ideas.

If you’d like some more info on the bang, please check the FAQ. The overall schedule can be found here.

We are so excited to have you join us for this challenge, and can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Posting starts in September 2017.

~Your new mods: hit_the_books and majestic_duxk

Meet your mods

Majestic_duxk
Hello! I’m majesticduxk (tumblr) or majestic_duxk (LJ) and both pseuds on AO3. Call me Duck.

Basically I am a huge fan of the creators (artists and writers and any other content), as well as the SPN characters themselves. I am a multishipper with a Dean focus. I write very broadly (ships and topics), and am pretty happy to put any and all characters in all sorts of interesting places! I keep trying to write humour and one day I am so going to get it.

hit_the_books

You may know me as dreamsfromthebunker over on Tumblr or hit_the_books on AO3 and LJ. I’m one of the mods behind the SPN Coldest Hits challenge; I founded and mod fic writing resource All SPN Ships and I’m a co-mod for the SPN Dystopia Bang.

I’m a multishipper who loves writing about Sam, Cas and Dean. (Though I’m also partial to reading a bit of RPF too.)

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