Talk:Collaborative fiction

Merge from wikinovel
I think these are two related but somewhat distinct topics. A wikinovel is a form of collaborative fiction, but a distinct one. The two sites should be linked.

unfit part
The commercial writing part was out of theme, as it was centered on couples of writers and mentioning irrelevant authors. It was hence moved, and shortened. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.170.108.246 (talk) 11:52, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

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What about Fantômas?
This character was an example of collaborative fiction that perhaps deserves a mention, since he first appeared way back in 1911, and starred in 32 books between then and 1914, a phenomenal output made possible by the fact that two people were simultaneously writing each book. He was at the time enormously popular, was considered iconic by the Surrealist Movement, starred in several multi-part silent movie serials, and was undoubtedly far more significant than some of the works you mention simply because they had two or more authors - 32 novels beats a short story if you ask me!

The two men who wrote the books used the bizarre method of discussing the plot of the novel for a few hours, then going off and independently writing half each, one doing the odd-numbered chapters and the other the evens. Six weeks later they would meet up, each read what the other had written, and write the last chapter together, hopefully uniting the two schizoid plot-threads in a satisfactory way. After one of them died in 1914, a further 11 novels were written by the remaining half of the team, but despite being much more coherent than what had gone before, it was generally agreed that they weren't as good.

If anybody actually reads these comments, you might consider updating the article to include these facts, which you can check in your own "encyclopedia", if you consider Wikipedia to be a reliable source (strangely, many people don't). I know you don't think fictional characters from earlier times matter unless they've had a passing mention in "The Simpsons", but Fantômas is explicitly the direct ancestor of a major character in "The Venture Brothers" which is near-as-dammit! 86.144.29.22 (talk) 05:18, 11 January 2023 (UTC)