It started innocently enough.
Just one writer talking to his friend015 Archives another writer, on Twitter.
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The principals of this story are Sam Sykes, an author known best for his Aeons' Gatefantasy series; and Chuck Wendig, who most recently helmed the Aftermathtrilogy of Star Warsbooks. Their bona fides are only important insofar as it lets you know they do cool things with words.
Back to Twitter. Chuck gamely responded. It seemed innocent at first, totally nbd.
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Just two chill dudes talking, right? Not so much This is where our story takes a weird -- and all together dark-- turn. Sam explained that things were definitely not well in his neck of the woods.
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From this point on the back-and-forth goes completely off the rails. Hilariously so. And then, roughly 70 tweets later, a complete story has taken shape.
I'm not going to spoil it here. Instead, you should proceed directly to Twitter and watch the full replay of two super-talented craftspeople staging a live, collaborative storycrafting session on social media.
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