I'm Story Mashing!

I came across an interesting website, StoryMash - a creative writing community for authors, amateur writers, readers and anyone interested in collaborative fiction and collaborative creative writing (that's what the website says).

Basically, anyone can register on this site and write up new chapters of a story or add chapters to an existing story. It’s a very interesting concept and has me hooked. There are some really good stories out there and because it is collaborative, each story has several twists and turns. Some chapters have 5-6 different branches and each of them is different and very interesting. They even have regular contests going on, which only adds to the fun!

You don't need to register to read the stories. But, you do need to register to contribute your own stories. Well, obviously I registered. I haven’t joined the current contest yet. But, yes, I did write up the first chapter for a new story called “Happy New Year!”.

It’s not great…I wrote it up and published it in less than a day. But, I wanted to see how it works. The added advantage was that I don’t have to think about how it will progress or end right now. Maybe someone will pick it up and continue, maybe someday I’ll do it myself, maybe it will never get completed. But, I have to say that I had great fun doing this. Now, I think I’m going to take a shot at that contest too. So, wish me luck!