Yeah, several people have mentioned the difference in writing with someone in person and writing with someone over the internet. It's so much easier to back and forth and build on ideas--brainstorm, lay it all out there--in person.
I really like collaborative writing, especially for the ability to be honestly surprised by what the other person says -- not as possible when everyone lives in my head.
Yeah, this is what I'd hope for in a collaborative fic. Also, to be surprised by HOW the other writer says it. I have certain faults as a writer--the tendency to be convoluted, for instance--and I think writing with someone who's more...efficient with words would bring a lot to a piece that I couldn't write all by myself. As you say--relying on the other person where my own skills aren't up to the task. Come to think of it, I'd LOVE to be able--when I get to some concept that I know I can't write without pages and pages of verbose explanation--to just hand it off to someone else and say, here, do this part.
Thanks for your thoughts on this...It's really interesting to see how everyone goes about this. I think it's probably just something you and your co-writer have to work out, until you get something that's right for you...or else it's going to sound stilted and disconnected.
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Yeah, several people have mentioned the difference in writing with someone in person and writing with someone over the internet. It's so much easier to back and forth and build on ideas--brainstorm, lay it all out there--in person.
I really like collaborative writing, especially for the ability to be honestly surprised by what the other person says -- not as possible when everyone lives in my head.
Yeah, this is what I'd hope for in a collaborative fic. Also, to be surprised by HOW the other writer says it. I have certain faults as a writer--the tendency to be convoluted, for instance--and I think writing with someone who's more...efficient with words would bring a lot to a piece that I couldn't write all by myself. As you say--relying on the other person where my own skills aren't up to the task. Come to think of it, I'd LOVE to be able--when I get to some concept that I know I can't write without pages and pages of verbose explanation--to just hand it off to someone else and say, here, do this part.
Thanks for your thoughts on this...It's really interesting to see how everyone goes about this. I think it's probably just something you and your co-writer have to work out, until you get something that's right for you...or else it's going to sound stilted and disconnected.