7 Collaborative Storytelling Websites to Weave Your Own Digital Stories

Advertisement Everyone loves a good story. Writing it is another matter. A good story can move us with emotions. The web has given rise to collaborative storytelling. If you are into digital storytelling ideas of any kind, try out these seven websites for a spot of collaborative writing. Folding Story Folding Story is a writing game where each writer is constrained to write one line of a story (120 words or less) and pass it on to another writer to add to it. Ficly Call it micro-fiction in a collaborative way. Fabulate Fabulate is a collaborative book project, where each writer may submit a story with a maximum length of 500 words. WikiStory The concept of using a Wiki for collaborative storytelling is worth the browse. One Million Monkeys Typing Now, that’s a title that should get noticed. StoryMash StoryMash might appeal to amateur writers who want some of the spoils for their writing. Novlet Novlet allows you to start a collaborative writing effort in any language. Image: Shutterstock

Links between our landscape and literature 8 May 2012Last updated at 21:23 ET From the London suburbs, through the rolling Cotswolds, and out to the rugged coastline of western Scotland - the UK's landscape has influenced authors for centuries. In turn, their literary works have helped define how we think of Britain both culturally and geographically. In a new exhibition, Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands, the British Library is examining how our landscapes have permeated 150 great literary works - influencing and shaping writers' proses. Take a look at just a few of the featured manuscripts - with curator Jamie Andrews. Continue reading the main story Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands can be seen at the British Library from 11 May to 25 September 2012. Click bottom right for image information. Music by KPM Music. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Related: British Library The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. More audio slideshows: A history of British homes Showing British art to Saudis