Ficlets remixes fiction in Web 2.0 style

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Ficlets remixes fiction in Web 2.0 style

by Grant Robertson Mar 14th 2007

Ficlets spills some Web 2.0-coolness into a cup of collaborative fiction. Users submit super-short fiction stories -- really short. No, like really, incredibly short. All the fiction you can squeeze into 1024 characters short. -- which are then available for others to build upon with "sequels" (or build up to with prequels). They even provide you with inspiration for your stories, in the form of photos, themes, suggested beginnings and endings, and of course other ficlets.

All the Ficlets are licensed under the Creative Commons, giving the content a solid foundation for everyone to play fair and share upon. It's fun, creative and mildly addictive if you're into writing.

[via Boing Boing]

Tags: collaboration, collaborative tools, CollaborativeTools, creative commons, CreativeCommons, ficlets, socila writing, SocilaWriting, writing

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Abhijeet said 10:00PM on 3-14-2007

Awesome!

calum said 5:30AM on 3-15-2007

I have been building a similar type of site,
you might want to check it out,
www.story-box.co.uk

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