Round-robin story

For other uses, see Round robin (disambiguation).

A round-robin story, or simply "round robin", is a type of collaborative fiction or storytelling in which a number of authors write chapters of a novel or pieces of a story, in rounds. Round-robin novels were invented in the 19th century, and later became a tradition particularly in science fiction. In modern usage, the term often applies to collaborative fan fiction, particularly on the Internet, though it can also refer to friends or family telling stories at a sleepover, around a campfire, etc.

See also

• Addventure, which combines the round robin method with gamebook narrative form
• Exquisite corpse

External links

• The Internet Story Tale
• FoldingStory | The Group Storytelling Game
• The High Hat - Collaborative literature
• Ensemble Press - an online game of round-robin
• AskOuija - A subreddit where answers are generated one letter at a time