2017 dSC6D Big Bang - Sign Ups End Tomorrow

[mizface]

Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is the deadline for signing up, which means you still have a bit of time to add your name to this year's list :)

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Question about online discussion of BB WIPs

[desireearmfeldt]

Oh, by the way:

1) A bunch of us were talking about having some informal extra support chat/weekly check-ins over at < a href="http://forums.bothsidesoftheborder.com/index.php?sid=25055ae34bfe7c8f4369fca6a7b70709">Both Sides Of The Border (sl_walker and ride_4ever's new DS/C6D/Twin Peaks forum). Mods, participants, and cheerleaders would be welcome to join us there.

2) And we were wondering whether it would be okay for people to post snippets as part of that chatting? (That is, would it violate the "must not have posted any part of the piece" regulation?)

Re: Question about online discussion of BB WIPs

[ride_4ever]

Hmmm...being one of the admins I try to read everything at BSotB, but I didn't see this topic. Watching with interest now to see what comes of your question.

Re: Question about online discussion of BB WIPs

[desireearmfeldt]

It came up in the course of a rambling discussion about various things in the NaNoWriMo topic that started as "why did they pick November?" :)

Re: Question about online discussion of BB WIPs

[ride_4ever]

Ah. I see now...I just went looking for it under the "why did they pick November" discussion. I didn't catch it at first because it's a sub-topic.

Re: Question about online discussion of BB WIPs

[mizface]

1. I think this is a fabulous idea! Feel free to post a link here if there are extra chats scheduled, in case other BB folk want to join in. We hated cutting back, but it was the only way we could see having time to run this this year.

2. The rule isn't so much "can't have been posted" as much as it's "previously posted material doesn't count toward the minimum," actually. For example, Hazel and I had posted a several thousand word teaser for Rising Sun a couple of years prior to finishing it for the Big Bang, so we made sure to have 20k new words.

But we talked about it, and honestly don't see an issue with it if it's part of a chat. Especially if those chats are on Skype or something similar, rather than comments or posts on DW/LJ/etc

Sound fair?

Re: Question about online discussion of BB WIPs

[desireearmfeldt]

1. The thing we're thinking of doing is discussion threads rather than real time chats. (It's less fun & interactive than the skype chats, but is good for quickie "how many words have we written?" type stuff, and can be a good supplement for those in incompatible time zones.)

2. Both Sides of the Border is a forum, so it'd be more like comments on an LJ post than like comments in a Skype chat. But (if I understood what the person who suggested it had in mind) it'd be like one of those memes where you post a few sentences of your WIP, not like publishing a chapter on your blog. I'm not sure where that falls on your spectrum of okayness? :)

Re: Question about online discussion of BB WIPs

[mizface]

1. Sounds like an excellent plan!

2. I think it should be okay. I'm seriously doubting anyone will be posting so close to 20k words that anything they post will be problematic as far as meeting a minimum. It reminds me of the ficfinishing comm idea - did you ever use that comm? On one of the days we all posted snippets to get feedback, or just cheering on.

Re: Question about online discussion of BB WIPs

[desireearmfeldt]

Thanks! :)

Re: Question about online discussion of BB WIPs

[sl_walker]

Working partially through Both Sides might help with recruiting betas and possibly later complementary workers, too, given we have a cross-section of Tumblr users as well.