: Re: How do you write a story with someone else overseas? My friend and I have wanted to write a story together for a while now. But she lives in a different country, so we are just confused

This is a great question! Here are some helpful resources I found when I had this same problem.
Google Docs
Google Docs is an excellent free collaborative document editing program that lets you edit a document with someone over WiFi. You can see them editing in real time, and it provides revision and editing history so you can go back in case somebody makes a mistake.
All you need to do is make sure both of you have a Google account, create a new document, and give the person you're writing with editing permissions.
Notable features:

Completely free

Requires a Google account to use (but that's it!)

15 GB of storage (you can buy more though)

Microsoft Office Online
This is basically Microsoft Word, but expanded so that you can edit in real time with a friend. It does require you to have access to an Office subscription to access it, so it's not free. However, it's a great alternative to Docs and has many more features, since it's a paid service. (It also lets you make collaborative PowerPoints and Excel sheets, which might be useful to you for story planning.)
Notable features:

Requires an Office subscription (i.e. Office 365 or Student Office)

Tons of features when compared to Docs

Unlimited storage (provided it can fit on your hard drive)

Zoho Docs
I've never personally used this one, so I can't attest to it myself, but Zoho Docs purports to be a productivity app that offers real-time document editing. The user interface is very different from Docs and Word, so it takes some getting used to, and the free version is very good for what it is - you get 5GB of storage and a file upload limit of 1GB.
Notable features:

Free (trial version)

5GB of storage in the free version (file upload limit of 1GB)

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