A Story Writing Community Where Every Story Is Shared

What Makes a Good Story Writing Community?

• Low pressure to start. You shouldn't need a finished manuscript to take part.
• Real readers. Feedback matters most when it comes from people who actually read to the end.
• A reason to come back. Communities thrive when there's always something new to read or write.
• Respectful moderation. Members need a way to flag content that crosses the line.

How the TaleUs Community Works

Every story on TaleUs starts with one member's opening paragraph. Other members add the next paragraphs one at a time — twisting the plot, adding characters, raising the stakes — until the story reaches its ending. Each writer can only add a limited number of paragraphs to a story, so every finished story carries several members' voices.

• Start or join stories in nine genres, from fantasy to thriller.
• React and favourite — leave emoji reactions on stories and save the ones you love.
• Get notified by email when someone adds to a story you're part of or it's finished — you choose which emails you get, and how often.
• Invite people to write the next part of your story by email.
• See each other's work — every member has a profile listing the stories they've written for.
• Flag problems — members can report a story or a paragraph for review.

Writing Together vs. Posting Alone

Platforms like Wattpad and Archive of Our Own are built around individual authors publishing their own work, often as long serialised stories — and they're great at that. If you want to publish your own novel and build a readership, they may suit you better (see our comparisons: TaleUs vs. Wattpad and TaleUs vs. AO3). TaleUs is for a different itch: writing *with* people, a paragraph at a time, and seeing where the story goes.