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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Lillith had a new scheme to please Lucifer even more evil than her previous failed scheme: she would shrinkherselfdown & break Katana Woman out of jail for killing her pet Lizard, then sacrifice her to Lucifer as revenge. She gleefully walked to the prison station in Tinyville.
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We were smack-dab in the middle of the zombie apocalypse, yet not a single person seemed to care. The governments' constant gaslighting that everything was hunky-dory as people turned into zombies left and right worked like a charm. Everyone was inflat-outdenial.
In Prison for Writing Satire: Part IV
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Previous line by @avabourassa
 
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(Her POV) What did he just say? "Hm?" I asked, trying not to sound panicked at all. My hands trembled, searching for something else to say. "How? What do you mean?" My lungs stopped doing their job, making megaspforair.
Infinity Maze: Part II
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Previous line by @rajchaklashiya
 
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The woman and I befriended each other over the pie that I made for her, and as we sat in the Infinity Maze we decided we would trytofreeall living things from this maze and return to our homeworlds. The first step was to find the wormhole at the center of the maze.
Previous line by @rajchaklashiya
 
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I run to the festival venue in my purple tracksuit and see countless people in the crowd, all waving their phones to the music of the guitarist on the stage. My bucket hat changes colors in response to the music, making me stand out among the crowd. The guitaristnoticesme.
Oh, Deer! Part III
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Previous line by @williamiiifarquhar
 
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Bambi went to see the old witch in the mushroom bog nearby. “Ah, you seek the resurrection potion! Heh heh…it won’t be easy! You must find the secret ingredients hidden in the forestdungeon nearby.” Bambi gathered her supplies and entered the dungeon. She encountered two goblins
Previous line by @williamiiifarquhar
 
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A rode atop Marvin for many miles on my way to the forest for a bit of fresh air. On our way we crossed paths with a peculiar character: a wizard! “You are the perfect adventurers for this quest! There is a castleinthesky where a princess is held. I can give your beast wings!”
I Am John: Part III
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Previous line by @rajchaklashiya
 
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The real John defeated the fake Johns and discovered that he had isekai superpowers making him invincible in this world of humans and dinosaurs. He decided he would takeovertheworld as revenge for all the bad luck that had happened to him. The fake Johns formed a resistance.

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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 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.