FAQ
Switch-Lit is a progressive social media platform-publisher of collaborative storytelling created by Studio Esmé in 2024.
Start by signing up for a free Switch-Lit account.
You can then start a story via our “Start a Story” page, where you will invite a writing partner from your personal network, or join a Subrosa round to be paired with another writer for a Switch-Lit story.
For an overview of the Subrosa writing process and experience, please refer to our “Writing a Subrosa Story” support page.
Click the “Sign up” button on our homepage, or go to switch-lit.com/register to create a free account.
You can write a story with anyone in your personal network if you have their email address. If you’d like to write with a stranger, you can join a Subrosa round to be paired with another writer in the Switch-Lit community.
For an overview of the Subrosa writing process and experience, please refer to our “Writing a Subrosa Story” support page.
A chat feature is activated in the lower left corner of the dashboard once both writers have finished the first draft of all chapters and entered editing mode. Here, you can communicate with your writing partner about story edits, and reveal your identity if you choose to do so.
Yes, you can check out our Press & Media Kit to learn more about Switch-Lit and download various brand assets (logos, illustrations, video teasers, etc.).
We currently seek journalists (media, technology, mental health, and culture) to be uniquely matched with a stranger and write a collaborative story as part of a critic’s review of Switch-Lit for your publication or news outlet.
For additional inquiries or interview requests, please contact: editors@switch-lit.com
Please send all inquiries and notes to editors@switch-lit.com. We are a small team, and will do our best to respond to your email within 48 hours.
Yes! Contact us at editors@switch-lit.com for a free document with instructions and examples on how you can use Switch-Lit as a tool for collaborative writing in your classroom or writing workshop.
One of our goals is to design a “cognitively responsible” platform that encourages the finishing of quality stories. While it is certainly possible to write more than 3 quality stories at a time, we choose to impose this limit in the beta version of Switch-Lit to help users avoid starting too many stories that could potentially remain unfinished.
You and your partner own the full rights to your story. For more information on story ownership and copyright details, please see our Terms & Conditions page.
No, we only publish stories written on the Switch-Lit platform.
We partner with publishers and literary organizations to evolve collaborative fiction and poetry on monthly prompt takeovers, Subrosa rounds, commissioned stories, collaborative writing workshops, films inspired by Switch-Lit stories, and in-person events.
Contact us at editors@switch-lit.com to discuss how we can evolve collaborative storytelling together!
We only reveal your email address to your personal contacts. This would happen if you send them a story proposal and they do not not yet have a Switch-Lit account (so they know who is inviting them and don’t think it’s spam).
We use your city and country information to categorize stories by writer origin when they are submitted for publishing in the Switch-Lit Library.
We do not share your personal information with any third party vendors.
