Inviting Collaborators

Talescape supports shared story creation through a flexible collaboration system. You can invite other Bards to contribute, test, or review your story, each with their own permissions and visibility options.

Before a Bard can be invited to a story, they must enable collaboration in their Author Page settings. This privacy setting ensures that only creators who actively want to collaborate can be discovered or invited.

If collaboration is disabled, their profile will not appear in search results or invitation lists.

To add a collaborator:

1. Open your story and go to Settings → Collaborators.
2. Click Invite Collaborator and search for the Bard’s name.
3. Assign permissions depending on their role (writer, editor, artist, tester, etc.).

Each collaborator will receive an invitation that must be accepted before they gain access.

Permissions define what a collaborator can edit. You can grant access to specific story sections such as Scenes, Dialogues, Media, or Settings.

At minimum, all collaborators can:

• Preview the story directly in the editor.
  This allows testers or reviewers to experience the story without making changes.

You can adjust or revoke permissions at any time.

• Remove collaborators anytime via the story’s collaborator list.
• Add new ones freely as your team grows.
• Access logs to see who made which changes (see Activity Log for details).

These tools help maintain clear authorship and version control within your project.

Each collaborator with an enabled Author Page is automatically listed as a story author. This ensures proper credit across the platform and connects readers to the creators behind a story.

If needed, you can override the author credit in the story settings.

This is particularly useful for:

• Studio or team accounts where the author name differs from the studio name.
• Situations where the story is published under a brand rather than an individual.

Only the main author’s page will be linked when a manual credit override is set.

All revenue from a story (including sales, contest winnings, and payouts) is sent exclusively to the main author (the story owner). Talescape does not handle or automate revenue splitting between collaborators.

If you wish to share income with other contributors, you must do so independently outside of the platform. This keeps Talescape’s payout system transparent, predictable, and compliant with tax regulations.

Collaborators have creative rights over their individual contributions, but only the story owner receives revenue from sales and payouts.

Collaboration is always consensual and reversible:

• Bards must opt in before they can be invited.
• You can remove collaborators without affecting your story’s ownership.
• Stories remain under the control of their original creator unless transferred manually by Talescape support.

Collaboration enables smooth teamwork: whether you’re writing together, illustrating, editing, or testing. It keeps your story’s creative vision shared yet protected, ensuring every Bard gets the credit they deserve.