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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fang punched the thick glass hoping to escape the abandoned warehouse. he looked around for a key...anything that might help him to break the window. "I'm going to go insane slowly" he thought thinking
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It was a normal day. Me, Rose, was just walking back to school. The wind bowed fast and I was about to be late. I was halfway there when I heard loud screams. These screams were very loud and started to make me worry. I then saw a fire, and people fightingwithknifes.
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I approached the man at the metal cart and said “I din’t mean to be a bother but I try this so called hotdog I’ve never seen such an interesting cuisine! See in my home of Eastern European Nation we don’t each such food” “Well,” says the poorly groomed man “Welcome to New York!”
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People were running from something. Something big, something huge. I looked up and saw an asteroid coming straight towards me. Was this the end? Or was there a waytostopit. I hope there is, I had big dreams for my life. Dreams bigger than the asteroid.
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The world was harsh. The land was harsh. Fire all around me and car crashes. I wished there was a better life somewhere. Maybebelow? Maybe up? For now, I must find out how to live in this place. Maybe it could be in the subway, below. Or the tower up.
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Jerry is running for his life. He sees what behind him, and he does not like the machine guns. The woman and creature run with him. The woman is crying sinceperforming had been her dream, and she never wanted to have to stop singing. The stage explodes as they run out.
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Barbie Holmes was ready to investigate herfirstcrime scene. She exited her pink police car, the door shutting with a satisfying thud. Being a detective was not easy, but it paid well. She approached the porch of 122 Carrot Circle, keeping an eye out for anything out of place.
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“You can! And you will!” Shouted Sargent Ermey as thebehemothwobbled closer to them. “Good luck!”

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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.