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IRB is a reverse of the usual Big Bang challenge - each artist creates at least one piece of art, which is then posted anonymously and claimed by an author. Authors are then expected to write a fic (minimum of 3,000 words) based on the art they chose. Just want the news? Click on 'announcements' in the top bar. Tracking: inception reverse bang
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Author Check In #1

Authors, the first check in is Friday, November 17. You have until the end of the day to complete your check in.

If you have not already discussed with your Artist(s) who will be making the Master post to i_reversebang, now is the time to do so. Please note that if an Artist has two stories being written for a particular piece of their art, the Artist must be the one to make the Master Post to the community for that piece of art.

Please comment to this entry to complete your check in.

For your convenience, here is the rest of the schedule:

Friday, November 17: Author Check in Friday, December 29: Author Check in Sunday, January 28: Stories due Sunday, February 4: Posting Schedule goes up

Sunday, February 11: Posting begins

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Artist Sign ups are open!

Artists should submit one or two pieces of art by Sunday, October 8. This art may be a work in progress, a draft, or a finished product. This art will be posted anonymously, along with a a sentence or two about your preferred pairings (if any). Authors will then claim art to write for, similar to the way artists claim authors' summaries in regular Big Bang challenges. Authors will write a story of at least 3000 words inspired by the art. Drawings, paintings, digital manips, and fanvids are all allowed as submissions. Art must be at least 400px by 600px, or at least 1 minute in length if you are submitting a fanvid. It is encouraged that artists have their work reviewed by an art beta. You may refer to our beta sign-up post to contact people who have volunteered to help out, or use your own betas (we will not be assigning betas). Due to the way art claims are set up, it would be difficult to ensure that an author would be familiar with an additional source of canon.

To sign up, simply fill out the form here.

This challenge has moved to Dreamwidth. We will continue crossposting to LJ for this round. Everyone who wishes to participate MUST join and watch the community on either platform to ensure they do not miss important deadlines or updates to the challenge. Also recommended is the TRACKING feature (the pin icon in the tool bar) so you'll be emailed updates when new entries are posted in the community.

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Sign ups for Authors are now open!

Authors will be expected to write a fic with a minimum of 3,000 words, based on the art you choose in the Art Claims post. Claims will be first come, first serve. Fics must be beta read. You may refer to our beta sign-up post to contact people who have volunteered to help out, or use your own betas (we will not be assigning betas in this challenge). inception_beta is another great resource for finding a beta. Additional note: Due to the way art claims are set up, it would be difficult to ensure that an author would be familiar with an additional source of canon.

To sign up, simply fill out the form here.

List of Participants so far: bauble, katythereader, ettoby, kaminagi, sagemb_amy, geekbynight, marourin

This challenge has moved to Dreamwidth. We will continue crossposting to LJ for this round. Everyone who wishes to participate MUST join and watch the community on either platform to ensure they do not miss important deadlines or updates to the challenge. Also recommended is the TRACKING feature (the pin icon in the tool bar) so you'll be emailed updates when new entries are posted in the community.

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Inception Reverse Bang Rules & Schedule

Generally:

This is a reverse of the usual Big Bang challenge. An artist creates one or two pieces of art, which are posted anonymously and claimed by an author. Authors are then expected to write a short fic (minimum of 3,000 words) based on the art they chose.

Overview:

Artists can submit one or two pieces of art by Sunday, October 8. This may feature any pairing (or no pairing) so long as it includes at least one character from Inception. The art will be posted anonymously, at which point authors can claim a piece. Authors will write a fic (minimum of 3,000 words) based on the art they chose.

Schedule:

Sunday, October 1: Artist Sign Ups close Sunday, October 8: Artists’ works are due Sunday, October 15: Art Claims Sunday, October 22: The Big Reveal of Artist/Author Matchups Friday, November 17: Author Check in Friday, December 29: Author Check in Sunday, January 28: Stories due Sunday, February 4: Posting Schedule goes up Sunday, February 11: Posting begins

Rules for Artists:

  • You should create at least one new piece of art: a drawing, painting, digital manip, fanvid or other (email the mods if you have any questions). Art must be at least 400 by 600 pixels in size, videos must be at least one minute in length. You must submit this piece by Sunday, Oct 8, and it may may be a work in progress, a draft, or a finished product. You may submit up to two pieces for this challenge.
  • You may not submit art for this challenge that has already been posted elsewhere.
  • This challenge is open to all pairings and genres, so long as it includes at least one character from Inception. Artists may choose to specify what pairings (if any) they envision in the story, as well as submit a short text description of their piece (optional).
  • We will have a post for Art Beta volunteers for artists to contact directly, but having your artwork looked over by a Beta is not required.

Rules for the Authors:

  • Authors must write a fic with a minimum of 3,000 words, based on the art you choose in the Art Claims post. Claims will be first come, first serve. Your fic must be related to the art for which it is written, and it cannot have been already posted elsewhere.
  • The fics must be beta read, and we will have a post for Fic Beta volunteers available for authors to contact directly.

Art Submission Guidelines:

Art submissions should be sent to the community mod email account ireversebang at gmail dot com) by Sunday, Oct 8. Artists may submit up to two pieces of art for claiming in this challenge. There are no maximum size or dimensions for art, though each art piece must be at least 400 by 600 pixels. If it is a vid it must be at least 1 minute in length. Art that is submitted should not be posted publicly before claims take place.

Art submissions may be works in progress, drafts, or finished products. More details on the art submission process will be posted to the community, so please be sure to join and watch the community for updates.

The Claims Process:

Art claims will officially begin on Saturday, Oct 15, though the post will be up 24 hours beforehand so that writers may take a look at all the art before actual claiming starts. The claims post will contain thumbnail previews that link to the full size version of the art and will be accompanied by an optional text description of the subject. All art will be posted anonymously, and claims will be first come, first serve.

The Claims Post(s) will be members-locked, so please be sure to join and watch the community in order to participate. I'd also recommend setting up tracking by clicking on the 'Pin' icon in the lj toolbar to have email notifications sent to you every time there's a new post in the community. You can also follow @ireversebang on Twitter & i-reversebang on Tumblr for updates and reminders.

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Posting Schedule Preferences

Authors, fill out the form stating your preferred weeks for posting.  Posting will take place over the course of three weeks: November 6 - 12 (Week 1), 13 - 19 (Week 2), and 20 - 26 (Week 3).  You have until October 26 to fill out this form and have your preferences taken into account.

In the form, you may specify which weeks you would prefer to post in, or state that you have no preference.  Bear in mind that everyone cannot post in Week 3, so please do not list that as your number one choice unless you have a solid reason for doing so. 

Also, if you are writing two stories, please fill out the form twice.  One time for when you'd like to post your first story, and a second time for when you'd like to post your second story.

Be sure to discuss this topic with your Artist(s), particularly if they will be making the Master Post for the piece to the i_reversebang community.  If an Artist has two stories being written for a particular piece of their art, the Artist must make the Master Post to the community for that piece of art.

Here is the link to the form.

For both Artists and Authors: If you don't think you will be able to complete your work by the posting period (November 6) now is the time to let us know. So if you're swamped, please tell us as soon as possible so we may arrange a pinch hitter. Please send an email to ireversebang @ gmail.

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Story Drafts Due Today

Story drafts must be emailed to ireversebang @ gmail.com by the end of Sunday, October 23.

The subject line should be this exact phrase: Story Draft Submission

This draft does not need to have been beta-read yet but it should be at least 3000 words OR at least 75% complete. You may paste your story into the body of the email or include it as an attachment.

Please copy the text below and paste it into the body of your email.  Fill out all the fields as best you can.

Art Prompt Title: Art Piece Number: Artist: Fic Title: Author: Pairing(s): Rating: Word Count: Warnings: Summary:

Reminders: On October 30 the posting schedule will go up. During that week I will put up this year's Master Post template.  If you would like to see a previous round's template, you can look here.

Sunday, October 23: Stories due Sunday, October 30: Posting Schedule goes up Sunday, November 6: Posting begins

On November 6, posting will begin at the rate of 2-3 stories a day.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment to this entry.

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Claims Completed

The first and second round of art claims are closed.

Artists: if you have not already done so, please start emailing your author/s immediately (e-mail addresses are listed in the claims post comments here and here).

As a reminder, here is the schedule:

Sunday, July 24: The Big Reveal of Artist/Author Matchups

Friday, August 26: Author Check in #1 Friday, September 30: Author Check in #2

Sunday, October 23: Stories due Sunday, October 30: Posting Schedule goes up

Sunday, November 6: Posting begins

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gesso’s guide to the new inceptionchat (part 1: the basics)

So one of my few contributions to fandom has been our new inceptionchat on Slack. Slack is a really powerful chat tool that is designed for mainly software development teams in mind but it works really well for fandom as well! I’m going to guide you through some of the basics of Slack and how we’ve been using it so far. 

You can use this form http://goo.gl/forms/eAqPGUoVDYEOh1822 to sign up for an account and we’ll make sure you get one! Just give us your email (and your username if you want - that’s optional.) 

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Art Claims: Round 2

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Claims will open on Sunday, July 18, 1pm EDT (click here for the time/date converted to your timezone). Please consult this post for instructions on how to proceed with claiming a piece of artwork.

Authors who haven’t claimed a piece of art yet: you will have priority in claiming art–there is a place for you to note that it is your first claim in the comment template. Authors who have claimed a piece in the first round: you may claim a second piece IF you truly believe you can write 2 stories, 3000 words each, by October 23rd.  Please review your calendar (including upcoming obligations that may prevent you from writing) and consider your personal bandwidth carefully.

The second round of art claims is now OPEN

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