There are really only two kinds of story-by-committee that I'm aware of:
the round robin and the shared world.  Round robins always turn into an
exercise in writing the next guy into a corner, which can be funny but
rarely makes for good fiction.  Shared worlds are usually more
interesting, but they're also kaleidoscopic by nature, lacking a single
unified storyline.  In the absence of a firm editorial hand, it's also
still possible for one writer to box the others in.

So, I'm trying something different.

A wiki interface has the potential to eliminate the problems of other
mass collaborations by allowing everyone to edit what anyone else has
done, including rolling the whole thing back to an earlier version. This
may turn out to be a terrible idea, but there doesn't seem to be much to
lose by experimenting with it.

If anyone is interested, check out:

< http://sciencewiktion.wikidot.com/ >

The text is all publicly readable, but to edit you need to join the wiki
as a member.  There is also a link from the front page of my website.

--
Wil McCarthy    < http://www.wilmccarthy.com >
Engineer, Columnist, Author, etc.
"Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed" -- Francis Bacon