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https://readmedium.com/through-the-black-door-bd51414862">Through the Black Door</a>, in a very atmospheric story with elements of dark fantasy.</li><li>And <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-hero-of-pendown-a69b623a8c73">The Hero of Pendown</a> by <a href="undefined">Jonathon Sawyer</a> also blends genres almost immediately, with what begins as a fantasy story quickly taking a sci-fi turn.</li></ul><p id="fce1">I love all four stories so far, and see huge potential as they grow and develop.</p><p id="7694">I wasn’t actually surprised to see genres being played with — this style of story really lends itself to doing so. The main character can open a door and suddenly find themselves in the Land of Oz, or whatever!</p><p id="3cd8">Thus far there hasn’t been a huge amount of actual <i>collaboration</i>, with authors each crafting their own story arcs. But that is totally fine, and perhaps it’s to be expected as the stories get established.</p><p id="cd48">I wonder if authors also want to avoid treading on each other’s toes by writing the next chapter of a particular arc…? One way to avoid doing so would be to take a chapter that concludes with ‘The End’, and write an alternative ending.</p><p id="4928">I suggest as much <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-hunt-a6377bae8c1d">here</a>.</p><p id="4a72">Thank you to everyone who has read, clapped and commented. Obviously 12 days in, the story arcs are still quite short. We really appreciate your support as they get off the ground.</p><p id="16ab">And of course, <b>a huge ‘thank you’</b> to the authors who have contributed so far.</p> <figure id="2118"> <div> <div> <img class="ratio" src="http://placehold.it/16x9"> <iframe class="" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgiphy.com%2Fembed%2FwIVA0zh5pt0G5YtcAL%2Ftwitter%2Fiframe&display_name=Giphy&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2FwIVA0zh5pt0G5YtcAL%2Fgiphy.gif&image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2FwIVA0zh5pt0G5YtcAL%2Fgiphy.gif&key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&type=text%2Fhtml&schema=giphy" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="286" width="435"> </div> </div> </figure></iframe></div></div></figure><p id="7f38"><a href="https://readmedium.com/a-choose-your-own-adventure-collaboration-67dd19b387b1">Check out this story</a> and drop a comment if <b>you </b>would<b> </b>like to be added as an author to Choose Your Own Adventure — Collaboration.</p><p id="b544">Tagging our authors: <a href="undefined">Olivia Reed</a> <a href="undefined">Jonathon Sawyer</a> <a href="undefined">C.A. Jaymes</a> <a href="undefined">Cl

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iff Hightower</a> <a href="undefined">Ira Robinson</a> <a href="undefined">Jann Christoph von der Pütten</a> <a href="undefined">Logan Silkwood</a> <a href="undefined">Naleen Mitchell</a> <a href="undefined">Novus Grey</a> <a href="undefined">Samuel Kenneth Kauffman</a> <a href="undefined">Sieran Lane</a> <a href="undefined">The Sober Vegan Yogi</a> and <a href="undefined">Timothy J. Sabo</a>.</p><p id="a16f">Looking forward to what all of you guys do next! And don’t forget to follow the publication 😎</p><div id="0b58" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-cave-5d1fb9f2944c"> <div> <div> <h2>The Cave</h2> <div><h3>A choose your own adventure story</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*7jJwceTOUgogjMQz)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="a0c2" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-hero-of-pendown-a69b623a8c73"> <div> <div> <h2>The Hero of Pendown</h2> <div><h3>A choose your own adventure prompt</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*UtfRwjbINzoGUfk6)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="76b7" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/through-the-black-door-bd51414862"> <div> <div> <h2>Through The Black Door</h2> <div><h3>Beginning of a choose your own adventure story</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*-7cM5Rqd-cm4_rjr)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="1e2c" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-doctor-and-the-fairy-2a495030b133"> <div> <div> <h2>The Doctor and The Fairy</h2> <div><h3>A start to a Choose Your Own Adventure story</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*nfjE8g4woassSk5j)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Choose Your Own Adventure — Update

How’s the new publication working for YOU?

A short while ago I launched a new publication, Choose Your Own Adventure — Collaboration. You can read about it here:

A ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Collaboration

Authors, come join us!

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Why did I start this?

I love creative writing, and I know that quite a few of my Medium friends do too. I had also seen how fun it was to collaborate on this platform, and the talent that there is here.

Also, while there are a few sites for web-novels (e.g. Royal Road), these tend to be linear, and focused on a solo author. There didn’t seem to be an obvious place for shared, collaborate ‘choose your own’ type stories.

Here, we can not only write that kind of story, but doing so can help us to gain more reads and build an author community, too!

Progress

So far we have four main story arcs:

My own one begins with The Cave. It begins as a traditional adventure story, which quickly starts to include elements of fantasy.
My fellow LitRPG author Samuel Kenneth Kauffman wrote another story that quickly has some elements of fantasy appearing: The Doctor and the Fairy.
Novus Grey has released a few chapters beginning with Through the Black Door, in a very atmospheric story with elements of dark fantasy.
And The Hero of Pendown by Jonathon Sawyer also blends genres almost immediately, with what begins as a fantasy story quickly taking a sci-fi turn.

I love all four stories so far, and see huge potential as they grow and develop.

I wasn’t actually surprised to see genres being played with — this style of story really lends itself to doing so. The main character can open a door and suddenly find themselves in the Land of Oz, or whatever!

Thus far there hasn’t been a huge amount of actual collaboration, with authors each crafting their own story arcs. But that is totally fine, and perhaps it’s to be expected as the stories get established.

I wonder if authors also want to avoid treading on each other’s toes by writing the next chapter of a particular arc…? One way to avoid doing so would be to take a chapter that concludes with ‘The End’, and write an alternative ending.

I suggest as much here.

Thank you to everyone who has read, clapped and commented. Obviously 12 days in, the story arcs are still quite short. We really appreciate your support as they get off the ground.

And of course, a huge ‘thank you’ to the authors who have contributed so far.

Check out this story and drop a comment if you would like to be added as an author to Choose Your Own Adventure — Collaboration.

Tagging our authors: Olivia Reed Jonathon Sawyer C.A. Jaymes Cliff Hightower Ira Robinson Jann Christoph von der Pütten Logan Silkwood Naleen Mitchell Novus Grey Samuel Kenneth Kauffman Sieran Lane The Sober Vegan Yogi and Timothy J. Sabo.

Looking forward to what all of you guys do next! And don’t forget to follow the publication 😎