One may wonder why team writing endeavors are undertaken. It seems contrary to the benefit of being an independent author and presenting a unique book without suffering the influence of others. However, there are various benefits that can be found in collaboration fiction. Sharing creative control almost harks back to oral tradition where individuals all contributed to stories.
Collaborative works are produced for a number of different reasons. They can be attempted as an educational exercise thus helping all the participants to develop their writing skills. Writing groups often produce such stories. It is also done for commercial purposes where experienced authors decide to work together for various reasons.
When working together in this way, as with any other project requiring people to work together, everyone has to relinquish total control. The unique skills and ways in which each individual works have to be taken into account. Each individual has to be open to encouragement as well as criticism. This can only happen if there is mutual respect. If there is a creative synergy between authors, this can speed the process of writing and increase the motivation of each person.
One of the difficulties of working in this way is to achieve a consistency of style. A trust and mutual respect needs to exist between authors to make working in this way possible. Each author needs to give up total control and rely on the skills of others. If there is a mutual respect, the particular skills of each author can be utilized. One may be better at driving the script forward and another at providing shape and form to the text, settings and dialogue.
In this type of project, the work is divided up in many different ways. Some efforts may involve only a limited amount of collaboration such as authors each writing sub plots and one person being designated to weave them all together. At other times, a general plot outline may be brainstormed at the beginning and specific characters or chapters assigned to each writer.
When this type of work is attempted, problems can easily arise as is the case with any act of collaboration. One author may be too domineering and another may not contribute enough. One may feel as though he is doing too much of the work and another may feel he is not doing enough. This is where communication becomes vital for success of the project.
There have been projects attempted online where any visitors to a site can contribute to a story. Attempts like this push the boundaries of publishing but the results have often been spectacularly bad. Other forms of this type of fiction have emerged from the world of game playing, particularly role-playing games. In these games characters interact and narratives can be generated as a result.
Collaborative works have the advantage of the experience of all the voices involved. They can also suffer from the fact that more than one person is involved, particularly if there is no creative synergy, trust and respect. The best of these works are very good, offering the richness of many voices.
Collaborative works are produced for a number of different reasons. They can be attempted as an educational exercise thus helping all the participants to develop their writing skills. Writing groups often produce such stories. It is also done for commercial purposes where experienced authors decide to work together for various reasons.
When working together in this way, as with any other project requiring people to work together, everyone has to relinquish total control. The unique skills and ways in which each individual works have to be taken into account. Each individual has to be open to encouragement as well as criticism. This can only happen if there is mutual respect. If there is a creative synergy between authors, this can speed the process of writing and increase the motivation of each person.
One of the difficulties of working in this way is to achieve a consistency of style. A trust and mutual respect needs to exist between authors to make working in this way possible. Each author needs to give up total control and rely on the skills of others. If there is a mutual respect, the particular skills of each author can be utilized. One may be better at driving the script forward and another at providing shape and form to the text, settings and dialogue.
In this type of project, the work is divided up in many different ways. Some efforts may involve only a limited amount of collaboration such as authors each writing sub plots and one person being designated to weave them all together. At other times, a general plot outline may be brainstormed at the beginning and specific characters or chapters assigned to each writer.
When this type of work is attempted, problems can easily arise as is the case with any act of collaboration. One author may be too domineering and another may not contribute enough. One may feel as though he is doing too much of the work and another may feel he is not doing enough. This is where communication becomes vital for success of the project.
There have been projects attempted online where any visitors to a site can contribute to a story. Attempts like this push the boundaries of publishing but the results have often been spectacularly bad. Other forms of this type of fiction have emerged from the world of game playing, particularly role-playing games. In these games characters interact and narratives can be generated as a result.
Collaborative works have the advantage of the experience of all the voices involved. They can also suffer from the fact that more than one person is involved, particularly if there is no creative synergy, trust and respect. The best of these works are very good, offering the richness of many voices.
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