In my anthology, Written Across the Genres, there are two collaborative stories. Each one starts with the same first paragraph or two but then they separate into very different adventures. Members of my morning creative writing class each wrote 100 words to continue Dock Story One. Members of my afternoon class did the same and […]
Collaborative Story Dock One
(End of collaborative story from previous posts.) Marian felt like an outsider while her father and Gen reunited with her mother. She gazed at the sparkling lights on the dazzling landmark. From the dock to the tower was what she had wanted, but she never expected the dangerous way to arrive there. “Marian, join us,” […]
Collaborative Story, Dock One
(Collaborative story, Dock One continued from previous post) Her intuition pushed her to get out of there. Let the local law enforcement handle this. She had two days left to savor Paris. Two days to compensate for a lifetime of missed opportunities. A shame to waste it netted in a police investigation. Ignoring her instincts, […]
Collaborative Stories
In my anthology, Written Across the Genres, there are two collaborative stories. Two groups of writers wrote separate stories that began with the same paragraph. One class had 22 participants. Story Two had 10. Via emails, each person, within the maximum of a 150 words, continued the plot line from the last written entry. The […]
Pont Neuf Setting and Collaborative Plots in Written Across the Genres
My anthology, Written Across the Genres, has two Dock Stories toward the end of the book. The setting is Paris, the dock is below the Pont Neuf, the oldest of the 37 bridges that cross the Seine River. Both versions are collaborative stories. I wrote the first paragraph and each person in my two writing […]