On Sun, 31 Dec 1995, Ryan Mathews wrote:

Another kind are "jam sessions" such as the Shampoo story someone else 
posted.  There are newsgroups devoted to threads like that.  However, 
writing these things on-line can cause problems.  Without control, 
multiple writers can continue from the same point, leading to an 
unnavigable mess only the writers are interested in.  Again, egos can 
come into play if, say, a writer quickly kills off a character another 
writer spent a long time developing.

I'd like to try a jam session once.  This is how I'd like to do it:

1. See who's interested.
2. Decide on a subject.  Decide on a writing style.  (i.e. Third-person 
past-tense)
3. Decide on a writing order.
4. The first writer writes his chapter and emails it to the next, who 
adds his bit and emails it to the next and so on.  For an added 
challenge, the last writer should be the same as the first, since he 
didn't have to deal with anything anyone else had written.
5. When it's all done, post it for all to see!

Let me know if you're interested.  I have a Ranma 1/2 idea I'd love to 
throw out as the first chapter.  Of course, that would mean I'd have to 
finish it, but I'm game.  :-)

Ooh! I used to love doing this type of thing in English class at high
school! It sounds like fun! ^_^

Kun-chan...