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I've written a few short stories with friends via email, with each person chipping in a section. It yields some interesting and fun results, but not what you'd call a particularly coherent story. ...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T00:39:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Ash
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2019-12-08T00:39:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
I've written a few short stories with friends via email, with each person chipping in a section. It yields some interesting and fun results, but not what you'd call a particularly coherent story. For an example of how one pair of pros did it, take a look at this [interview with Sean Williams and Shane Dix](http://www.sfsite.com/02a/wd121.htm). Basically, they worked on a story outline together, Sean did the first draft, Shane rewrote/edited, and Sean did one last pass. Getting together for the outlining or vision at the start seems like a really important step. I could see something like odd/even chapters by different writers ending up with a conflict in styles...which might work really well in some cases.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2010-11-19T10:02:49Z (almost 14 years ago)
Original score: 4