Chain stories are collaborations between two or more writers. Each one writes a section of a story and hands it to the other or next writer to add to it, and so on. Below are some hints to writing chain stories assigned to high school students.

Briefly, here are the basics, but to see examples of it, check the story links on the original post.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Set the Stage: pre-select a theme (e.g. mystery, false fable, soap opera, etc.).

2. Divide up who writes what.

3. Everyone writes Part A (the "beginning" of the story), and gives it to another person in the group (either through email or on paper).

4. Everyone or one of the participants writes Part B (the "middle" of the story), and gives it to the other party.

5. One or both writers can write Part C (the "end"), and the story is finished!

6. Illustrations are optional.

7. Hints:
* Make sure each person's name gets on the story at each turn.
* This works best if it's done in one day -- then copies are not "lost" and chains are not "broken".

It was hard to 'google.' There are lots of Chain stories on Literotica to look at for examples. I learn by reading other's work. Instructions, even simplistic ones like those above, don't really help me grasp the concept unless I see the final product.