A collaborative creative writing app where stories are built line by line.

Contribute to multiplayer stories, seeing only what the previous author wrote. Modeled on the game exquisite corpse, each creation is gloriously unique!
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Marta sighed, and packed up her rucksack. Large blankets, spectral bottles filled with 3 different kinds of magicformula, and karmic diapers. She knew everyone else would ignore the cries. She also knew ignoring a baby in the forbidden forest would be horrible for the village.
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She can’t take it anymore! She willbecomecrazy! She don’t want to see one single more clown! It’s too much! Give her a break without them! Why the entire world is fueled with them?!
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I hesitate, because it can be a scam but I really need cash fast. My sister was taken away and her kidnappers ask me so much… I don’t really have any choice but call. Chewing my lips, I wait on the phone that Slashguyanswersme.
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And just like that Paul was pushed into the friend zone by Kit. Kit walked away confused as to what "LIKE like" meant and why he mentioned his expressing was bad and Paul just sat there in silence.
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He trotted toward us, feet the size of above-ground pools, tail swatting entire buildings into abstract art. “Down, boy!” I shouted. With a shimmer, he morphed into a three-storysquirrel. Still mop-like. Still too massive for this dimension—and hungry.
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Jack ran as quickly as he could from the mirror. How did his reflection know? Even more importantly, how was it able to talk? Jack needed to act fast before the mirror told everyone about the ferry incident. The only person he could think of to help was theshaman down the road.
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The first step was to run the internet cable from his house all over the neighborhood. Sure, Kubalada wanted to reconnect the world but it might be better to start local. He found a cable but it onlyreachedhalfway to one house. This might be more difficult than he realized.
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“Jackie,” Patrice said, “this is wonderful! I’m so glad you’re willing to donate your entire catalog.” Jackie pulled his hand back. “Wait a gosh darn minute. Whatdaya mean ‘donate’? I’mnotgivingup my stuff.” Patrice frowned. “But those old movies haven’t been shown in years.”

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What is Byline?

A multiplayer creative writing experience where a group of authors creates a story, one line at a time.

How does it work?

Loosely based on exquisite corpse, each author writes a line having only seen the line directly before theirs. Once complete, the creator titles the story and shares it with the group.

Is this a game?

Yes! Get started by creating a story and sharing it with friends. Don't know any writers? No problem. Post your story to Byline and you'll meet some!

Who does the writing?

Public Stories

If you create a story (by clicking the new story button New Story Icon) and don’t invite other authors, then it posts publicly to Byline and can be contributed to by any author on the platform.

Private Stories

If you invite individual people (by username, email, or phone number) and make sure Plus others on Byline is deselected then your story becomes private and only those invited can contribute.

What's a breadcrumb?

Breadcrumbs give authors an opportunity to select a key word/phrase from their line that they think is important. Breadcrumbs are visible for the life a the story and can act as clues that offer additional context.

They are optional, but fun to add!

What's a sequel?

Sequels are stories spawned from the last line of other stories. To create a sequel go to the bottom of a finished story and select Write More → Create sequel based on this story.

What if I see something offensive?

If you see something that doesn't live up to our standards report it by clicking the next to any line.