Comments on: Collaborative Fiction: Writing and Gaming Online

By: Veronica Jorden

Veronica Jorden — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:31:00 +0000

We’ve just launched a new site for collaborative fiction that leans more towards the role-playing style of writing. I love both Storymash and Protagonize, but they didn’t really fit for this kind of writing.

Would love feedback if you have a chance! (http://www.writropolis.com)

Thanks for posting this article!

By: David VanBuren

David VanBuren — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:40:23 +0000

This is the first post on the internet that I have read about group writing on the net. Will follow the RSS on this site . Most def. I run a group writing literature blog called Worlds Longest Blog Post
worldslongestblogpost.com is a never ending story that is written one sentence at a time by many different authors. If your sentence is approved, it will be published in the story as a back link to your website or e-mail address.

By: nick

nick — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:04:55 +0000

Another site in this vein to check out online (with a more writing-oriented, social network slant) would be Protagonize.com.

Protagonize is a creative writing community dedicated to writing various forms of collaborative, interactive fiction. One author writes a story, and others post branches or chapters to it in different directions. The result is an organic, evolving story where everyone can participate.

It’s a lot of fun and we’ve got almost 10,000 authors participating — check it out if you’re interested in this type of collaborative writing environment.

By: Kat Black

Kat Black — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:30:51 +0000

I am a member of a very cool online community that specializes in creative fiction writing in the text based rpg style. I have several characters in several ‘novels’ and I get to write in a variety of styles and scenarios with my fellow writers. It’s lots of fun and I highly recommend the community for role players that want to write more.

By: Lamanai

Lamanai — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:27:23 +0000

Actually, I have already tried this sort of entertainment out. There was such a website in my country about a year ago. But since Czech Republic is rather small and they were not many users of this service, they silently discontinued the it, without saying a single word. Which might be quite painful once you use your free time to put on your character’s skin.

The site had worked like this: Any subscriber to the site could make up a basic story: set up the environment, suggest fundamental characters, assign a style, etc. Then, other members could subscribe to the story, either suggesting their own figures or choosing one of the basic set. Once there were enough players for the game, the story started. Players took turns in posting their scraps, only allowed to act for their characters. The story’s owner (creator) worked as a narrator, interlinking the scraps where needed, and also as a moderator of the story.

As I tend to such experiments, I enjoyed the service a lot. Maybe I will try to join one of those English-speaking interactive services suggested in the comments (hopefully, they won’t kill me for my non-native and therefore far-too-imperfect English).