ATTN: WRITERS

[vangirl]

Your mod is an idiot. But you likely know that if you've been paying attention.

For the schedules I had written:
June 21st - 28th: Writers will post summaries for artists/mixers/dancers to choose from

...and then stupidly went about thinking I had set those dates in July for some reason. Which has resulted in understandable confusion. This is all my bad, so for those of you who stressed out over having to do anything, DON'T PANIC.

REGARDLESS, this has probably worked out for the better as when making the schedule, I somehow thought that the middle of the writing period was the best time to make author's to write out summaries. Considering that there's still people that are dropping out, then committing people to create for unfinished projects would not have worked out too well.

The new game plan is this: Writers will have until July 26th to either send me a e-mail at seizeglory[at]gmail[dot]com with a detailed summary and one 500+ word sample of your fic, or to drop out completely. This will let me see who will be done by the rough draft due date and also give me a week to contact betas/media creators and do last minute recruiting for the more obscure fandoms. Hopefully by August 1st, every writer that met the finish line will have a finished rough draft, and betas and media creators.

You can send me an e-mail before then (and I will love you very, very much if you send me early e-mails!) but you have nine days to get that e-mail to me. If I receive no e-mail from you by July 26th then I will consider you dropped out.

If you have not even begun writing yet, then you should either start now or consider dropping out. There will be a whole month to beta and fix problems, but the person creating something for your fic will be working off you're unbetaed rough draft. Make sure you have something that will be at least readable to them, instead of just rushing through the writing on the last day and handing in something full of inconsistencies, typos and other issues that will throw them out of the story and make them less inclined to give their all on their end of the project.

Remember, there's no shame in dropping out! Sometimes shit happens, whether life steps in and steals your writing time, or you've just had to deal with obnoxious writer's block. It happens and you can always try again next round if you can't finish it this time! If you think it'll be too stressful for you to try and finish it by the deadline, then that option is available to you. I would rather see people drop out and come back next round instead of people pulling their hair out trying to hammer out 10k+ words within the next week.

Unless you work better that way. In which case, may the deity of your choice have mercy on your wrists.

Comments

[shanaqui]

Emailed!

[vangirl]

♥

[traxits]

I'm out of town right now (typing this on my phone), but heading back tomorrow. I'll be happy to write up a summary and cut out 500 word snippet for you. Just one question: when writing our summary, should we think of it as an actual summary or more as a pitch to the artists? Either way, I totally suck at summaries. Anyone who has read my fics can tell you. XD

[vangirl]

If you think it'll be easier as a pitch to the artists, that will probably be the best way to go about it. It just needs to cover the plot of your story as well as any sort triggers/content that might put an artist off so it can be matched up. :>

[traxits]

Cool stuff. ^^ Hopefully my summary is decent this time. E-mailed!

[imadra_blue]

Question! I have my entire fic completed, but unbeta'd. I have gone over it once or twice to make sure it's somewhat readable. Do you want a copy of the entire fic, or just the 500 word snippet?

And no worries about lateness. Thanks for handling the mod duties!

[vangirl]

The snippet will be what's given to the artists as a bit of a taster so they can see what they'll be working for, and if they want to. It doesn't have to 500 words exactly but it should be at least 500 words.

If you want to send me the entire fic as an .rtf or .doc file though, you can do that but it would be more so I'd have it to send to an artist as soon as they tell me they're interested. It's not necessary but it'll make things easier. :>

Haha, thank you. XD ♥

[imadra_blue]

I sent the summary and snippet. If neither are sufficient, just let me know. I'll try to adjust as you need it.

I'll send off the entire fic once I've got it beta'd in a week or so, if that's okay. I have the beta back, but unfortunately, I'm studying for the GRE and haven't time to devout to going through 18k+ words of fic until Saturday evening.

No, seriously, I know being a mod can sometimes be overwhelming at points, but it's awesome that you're doing it. I've had fun with it so far. It's a great idea!

[skyla_doragono]

Sorry, Beth. I swear I was going to start writing this month! But... yeah, you know what happened. >_>; Not going to happen now.

[vangirl]

Life happens. >: Thank you for trying this round, maybe you can come in for the next? :>

[skyla_doragono]

You can count on that. <3

[pursuing]

I HATE TO DO THIS, but I haven't been able to write a thing for most of the year and I seriously doubt that'll magically change in time to not write... well. Crap. So I'm going to have to bow out. :(

I'd love to give this another shot in the future, though. ♥

[vangirl]

Thank you for letting me know! Hopefully we'll see you again next time. :>

[vangirl]

No worries, thank you for letting me know! Good luck with everything. ♥

[tyger]

Hey~ Quick question, about the summary: how detailed is detailed? My fic's necessarily infused with spoilers for Birth By Sleep, and I can't think of a way to summarise it in detail without at least alluding to those spoilers pretty blatantly. But I don't want to spoil people in the summary, either, that's just bad taste. I'm... not exactly sure what I should do. ^^;;

[vangirl]

Hrm, that is an issue. Perhaps you could try to approach the summary as a teaser for the artist more so than a detailed summary of what's in the fic? I'll try and ask artists if they'd mind Birth By Sleep spoilers, but you can be vague in your summary if you need to be.

[tyger]

Hmmm. How long should it be, about, you reckon? So I know what I'm working towards.

[vangirl]

I think three to five sentences should be good. There's no need for it to be long, just enough to get an idea of what the fic is about. :>

[tyger]

Aha, see that's super-long, for me. I'll do my best, though! >:

[darkrose]

I'm really sorry, and I hate to do this, but while I'm close to my word count, I'm nowhere near done with the story. I'm going to have to drop out. :(

[vangirl]

No worries! It may be possible for you to bring your fic in for the next round, if it was a matter of the story being grander than you anticipated. Hopefully we'll see you next time. :>

[electric_butterfly]

E-mail sent!

[vangirl]

And received, thank you!

[ukefied]

I'm down to the wire, but I have all day Sunday free, so I may make it still!

QUESTION: when on Monday do we have to e-mail you? Do we have until 23:59:59, or...?

[vangirl]

ANSWER: ...before I wake up and check my email on Tuesday. XD; That is my best answer but do try to get it in to me by Monday. I'll try and wait until it's Tuesday in all timezones before the cutoff, but try not to push it.

[stealth_noodle]

I've made my word count and am just a few scenes away from being finished with the draft (and expect to have plenty of time to get those written by the 31st), so I've gone ahead and emailed. Huzzah!

[vangirl]

I've received your e-mail and it sounds like you're close! Good luck getting past those last few scenes!

[samuraiter]

Please excuse my tardiness. :-) E-mail has been sent.

[vangirl]

I received your e-mail and it was still on time! Thank you!