This should be interesting. Any words of wisdom/warning from those who've done a full-out co-write before?

If one of you is a freakish perfectionist, learn to chill.

Not that I resemble that remark.

Pfft. You're not freakish.

At least not in that respect.

Be Patient. Collaborating has historically taken me three times as long as writing alone has. I get a lot out of it, but man, it's been slow when I've done it.

I think that my only attempt at collaboration was a Lex/Wes SV/AtS crossover involving fencing that Amych and I were going to work on. I wrote half, then stumbled to a halt. She went to do some research into fencing...and now wins prizes, and has a husband she met through fencing.

The story? Never did get written. Um. Still, the project kind of indirectly produced one hot swashbuckling spouse, so it's all good.

looks around for her own hot swashbuckling spouse. Sighs.

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Thanks, all.

Late to the party, but the other thing my co-writing experience suggests is that it's easier if you're clear where the work is being split: who is writing which scene, etc. Raven and I tend to split plot (me) and character ideas (her).

Heh. It's an entirely different process for me and Plei--there are so many times I look back at things we co-wrote and have no clue who wrote what. (Though I always credit her with the good bits.)

shrift and I cowrote over ICQ. Like a ping-pong ball. A porny ping-pong ball.

Heh. It's an entirely different process for me and Plei--there are so many times I look back at things we co-wrote and have no clue who wrote what. (Though I always credit her with the good bits.)

The AtS/HCL crossover we did, because we did it all in one POV and almost all over AIM, I have the hardest time with. I seriously have to look at our chat logs to know who's who beyond the intro paragraph, because I wrote the intro paragraph separately on paper and typed it in.

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This is all very good stuff. Fascinating, as well.