Lily Ramsey, 12, collaboratively authored two books with fellow students through a team-based storytelling program and is now working solo on a third novel.

Ramsey is working through an online program, “Written Out Loud,” as part of her homeschool curriculum. Originally a seminar course taught at Yale University, the program paired her with two other students from across the country, along with the program’s “story directors.” They collaborated weekly developing plot and characters via Zoom…