✨Switch-Lit is an online writing platform for collaborative prose, poetry, and the collective imagination. Designed as an intimate space in a remote corner of the Internet, Switch-Lit gives writers, poets, and storytellers from all backgrounds the creative structure, social connection, and digital tools for turn-based collaborative storytelling.
Who would you venture with into a parallel world that comes suddenly alive by the power of your collective imagination?
Open the Switch-Lit app on your desktop or mobile web browser via the link in bio.
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Created by @studioesme
Art direction & design by @studio.airport
Web development by @september_utrecht
Illustrations by @robenrobin.nl
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#literature
#writing
What’s the most enchanting or provocative shape that a collaborative story or poem could take?
Experiment with the following story settings to customize Switch-Lit’s turn-based collaborative writing process and rediscover the fun of being a writer:
1) Story Prompt ⚡️
Choose from five (5) monthly story prompts to begin in a distinct narrative world, or “no prompt” for a totally open starting point.
2) Writing Partner 👨🏻💻👩🏽💻🧑🏼💻👩🏻💻
Pick a special writing partner you already know via email, or (coming soon) get paired in secret with another Switch-Lit user. Will your styles converge or contrast? What unexpected twists will you and your partner craft at every next turn?
3) Story Settings 🎛️
“Turns” – Chapters per writers (1-10 chapters)
“Length” – Word limit per chapter (25-500 words)
“Speed” – Time limit per chapter (1-30 days)
“Opening” – Who writes the first chapter? (“My partner” or “Me!”)
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Created by @studioesme
Art direction & design by @studio.airport
Web development by @september_utrecht
Illustrations by @robenrobin.nl
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#collectiveimagination
#writing
🌹 “Subrosa” – a new mode for Switch-Lit’s collaborative writing platform where writers can be paired in secret with their identities hidden from one another until their story ends.
Sign up for a free Switch-Lit account (link in bio)
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Artwork: “Meditative Rose” by Salvador Dalí
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#subrosa
#dali
"Dream Pairings, Vol. 2" —
If you could pair any two authors to take turns writing the next chapters of a single story, who would they be? Explore three (3) provocative pairings curated by the Switch-Lit community:
1: R.F. KUANG x OCEAN VUONG — The archive meets the wound
Curated by: “Rama Lama” (Utrecht, NL 🇳🇱)
2: MICHAEL POLLAN x DR. SEUSS — The psychedelic meets the whimsical
Curated by: “Elsa” (Lakewood, Colorado, USA 🇺🇸):
3: MAX ERNST x DOECHII — The surreal meets the swamp
Curated by: “Cloudy Blue” (Cologne, GER 🇩🇪)
(Read the deep dive analysis of these speculative duos via link in bio 🔗.)
What if one of the writers is you? Tag a dream partner with whom you'd want to write a collaborative story or poem.
Every writer is a color here.
S••L writers and poets (pictured above) explore their collective imagination: “MossieFae” (Oregon, US 🇺🇸); “Pinkmouse” (Oregon, US 🇺🇸)
Every writer is a color here.
S••L writers (pictured) explore the collective imagination: “Hachiko” (Cebu, PH 🇵🇭); “Gaby” (Mexico City, MX 🇲🇽); “Sparkly Muffins” (New York City, US 🇺🇸); “Aallurs” (Shah Allam, MY 🇲🇾); “Natt” (Bogotá, CO 🇨🇴); “Akira” (Okinawa, JP 🇯🇵)
"Dream Pairings, Vol. 1" —
If you could pair any two authors to take turns writing the next chapters of a single story, who would they be? Explore three (3) provocative pairings curated by the Switch-Lit community:
1: FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY x JASON REYNOLDS — The subterranean meets the street.
[Curated by "kkeropis" / Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦]
2: BANANA YOSHIMOTO x MIEKO KAWAKAMI — The dreamer meets the brutalist.
[Curated by "Thea" / Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺]
3: PAUL AUSTER x CLARICE LISPECTOR — Coincidence meets mysticism.
[Curated by "Nans" / Mexico City, Mexico 🇲🇽]
🗳️ Which "dream pairing" would you most want to see come to life? Vote 1, 2, or 3 in the comments. For the deep dive analysis of these speculative duos, visit our Substack (link in bio🔗).
🌹 What if one of the writers is you? Tag a dream partner you’d want to meet in a Switch-Lit story.
#collaborativewriting #collectiveimagination #bookstagram #Dostoyevsky #JasonReynolds #ClariceLispector #BananaYoshimoto #MiekoKawakami #PaulAuster
Read "Little Leaves", a collaborative story written by two female writers – one millennial and the other Gen Z (link in bio)
About "Little Leaves":
Cursed by a ghostly encounter on a train, a young woman races against time as she transforms into a monstrous anomaly, desperately searching for a cure hidden in the forested cabin of her past.
"Naples yellow" meets "Alice blue". Every writer chooses a unique color as their avatar in the Switch-Lit universe. Sign-up for a free account and pick yours (link in bio).
"Peach blossom pink" meets "canary yellow". Every writer chooses a unique color as their avatar in the Switch-Lit universe. Sign-up for a free account and pick yours (link in bio).
S••L / "I discovered in nature the non-utilitarian delights that I sought in art. Both were a form of magic, both were a game of intricate enchantment and deception." (Vladimir Nabokov)
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