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Ten writers from around the world are putting a novel together in a project led by two Birmingham authors.

As the city basks in the glory of global interest in , the sees novelists from the Midlands and Yorkshire working with peers in America and Brazil, in a bid to produce a book without ever having met.

The aim is to stay in the competition as the book unfolds, in a ‘Hunger Games’ style fight to the death.

One writer is voted out each month, making for a page-turning experience all round.

Ten To One is being run by Pigeon Park Press, publishers of electronic and print-on-demand books, who are giving a workshop on collaborative writing at in Moseley, Birmingham.

Iain Grant, who co-wrote acclaimed comic novel ‘Clovenhoof’ with fellow Midland author Heide Goody, said: “Ten to One is being collaboratively written by ten brilliant and upcoming authors.

"Together they are producing ten chapters, each working on a single part of the story.”

 

Heide added: “It’s a fight to the death in literary terms, but not as bloodthirsty as we thought. All the writers are really into it, and are actually hugely supportive of each other.

“Collaborative writing is all about having a good work ethic, being prepared to commit to a project and take it seriously. It also helps to have good social skills and to be able to practice the art of positive criticism.”

And working on a book together can help build your career.