R&W: Share a story

EMAIL swap, 1 partner, International

Way, way back in 2018, when I first started this group, my goal was to have a place to swap writing swaps. I had joined some traveling journal and traveling story swaps, but they were public, and it was hard to keep track. I thought a group would work better. So I thought it might be a good time to go back to the beginning.

This swap is an EMAIL swap so we can all easily add to and keep track of our stories, and will be able to get them returned when the time is up. I hope. :) In this round, we will each start off a story to send to our partner. When you receive your story start, rate your partner, then add to their story start. Then attach the full document to an email for the next round. This way the story will stay together as it travels.

Spelling, grammar and word choices do not have to be perfect!! This is not a class, we are not getting graded. If your English or writing skills aren't great, it is OK!! (Besides, we can use word processing programs to run spell check before we send the whole thing on! No, that's not cheating!)

To start Open a new word document. Give your story a title, include your name as the author. On the first line, type the swap title with round number and your SB ID. Then start your story. You should write 2-3 paragraphs to get the idea started. Save the document and when partners are assigned, you will attach that document to an EMAIL to your partner.

Stories can be of any genre, but let's keep it to about PG level.

I will try to host this swap once a month, and give you about 3 weeks from one send by date to the next to give time to read, think about and add to your story. If you can't join every round, that's ok. But if you have to skip more than 2 months - or need to stop completely - just send me the story you currently have and we'll get it back into circulation.

Does this make sense? Does this sound like fun? I hope so! Since you are starting off a new story, you can start writing now, before partners are assigned. If you need some ideas, you might like to try this site or this one for ideas.

Questions or comments? Please send me a PM! I'll respond as soon as I can.