Group writing project
Project Name:	Enter the project name
Due Date:	Enter the due date

This is the tracking document for our group writing project. We’ll use this document to share details, resources, and schedules for our project. Please keep this document up-to-date as we work.

Participants
Name	Role	Contact information
Margaret Woodward	Author	Enter contact information
Rory Seiler	Author	Enter contact information
Juanita Blackwell	Editor	Enter contact information
Tom Liddell	Proofreader	Enter contact information
Delbert Thames	Artwork	Enter contact information
Mia Hess	Researcher	Enter contact information
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Milestones
Milestone name	Target date	Status
Outline/Plotting completed	Enter target date	Enter status
Writing completed	Enter target date	Enter status
Project to editor/reviews	Enter target date	Enter status
Project back from editor/reviewers	Enter target date	Enter status
Editor/reviewer notes incorporated	Enter target date	Enter status
Project to proofreader	Enter target date	Enter status
Cover design	Enter target date	Enter status
Project to formatter	Enter target date	Enter status
Project ready for distribution	Enter target date	Enter status
Milestone name	Enter target date	Enter status

Promotion plan
Where to promote	Who's responsible	Target date	Status

Tracking calendar
April	Enter month name	Enter month name
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Current status updates
Margaret Woodward
Role:	Author
Primary responsibility:	Clayton scenes
Percentage complete:	40%
Current status:	Plotting complete

Juanita Blackwell
Role:	Author
Primary responsibility:	Reyna scenes
Percentage complete:	40%
Current status:	Writing in progress

Participant name
Role:	Enter participant role
Primary responsibility:	Enter primary responsibility
Percentage complete:	Enter approximate percentage
Current status:	Enter current status

Tap any of the names, responsibilities, and other details above to replace them with your own. Depending on the type of group writing project, here are some ideas for how you might divide up responsibilities among multiple authors:

Fiction

Specific points of view (POV), such as the POV of certain characters

Specific settings, locales, or time periods

Specific chapters

Story anthology: story representing specific POVs or themes

Non-fiction

Sections or chapters

Areas of expertise

Separate research topics

Types of information, such as general information or technical details

Project resources
Add a link to the location of shared project resources, such as your drafts, artwork, and other online information. Don't have a shared location set up yet? Here are a couple of ways to make sure everyone can participate: Set up a team in Microsoft Teams. It's free, and you can chat, share files, and even have quick phone or video calls. See Microsoft teams free for more information. Share a personal folder on OneDrive, where anyone in the group can open and store documents, artwork, and other files. See Share OneDrive files and folders.

Project wiki
Record our discussions/questions/decisions/assumptions about the project here. List any relevant tenets, facts, and assumptions about the book. Each participant can comment or respond to the thread to add their input. This section gives us a “single source of truth” for the project. Topic: Vampires Vampires are real. They hide because they are hunted. Vampires drink blood to survive. How much blood do they need to survive? A pint a week? That seems like a lot. Maybe a pint a month. Humans can be "glamoured" by vampires How is this glamour worked? Does the vamp need to see the human? Talk to them? Both? I vote for both. I agree. Need both. Topic: Wiki topic name Enter wiki item Enter wiki comment Enter wiki comment Enter wiki comment