Does anyone else enjoy co-writing?

[Carnal_Flower]

Not necessarily. There's quite often a "feminine" perspective in GM. A lot of women read it and write it.

I co-wrote mine with a straighter than straight male.

Right. The gay male perspective would be different on that.

 

[Athalia]

I've had a sort of co-writer status with my editor Athalia

who would be me.

Actually, the biggest problem I had was having my characters play in another person's sandbox, so to speak. I am very possessive of them. It was only after seeing his re-write, and reassuring myself that he didn't do violence to my conception of the characters, that I warmed up to the concept. As it was, his contribution to my story was to "flesh out" a peripheral male character in an otherwise all-woman story and provide some perspective on my other characters from his point of view.

My contribution to his story consisted of writing a chapter from the standpoint of a woman he'd already introduced in a previous chapter. That was a little harder, since the character had already been described, and I was understandably nervous about picking up the torch. But he thought it worked.

 

[tamgreen]

I've recently gotten into co-writing/SRP. I really enjoy collaborative fiction, as I've roleplayed online in a non-erotic setting for years and years. It's a very different experience from solo writing. People can get very upset if they feel their toes are stepped on with regards to how another might use their character, but the important thing I've learned over the years is that both parties NEED to have a certain amount of flexibility. Communication is very important if you've got specific needs/desires/hangups, but by and large you've always got to be prepared for someone to go in a direction you might not expect. It's like improv acting--it only flows smoothly when you just go along with what the other person is doing rather than always stopping to say "no, I actually wanted it THIS way". If people are constantly pulling in two different directions, then they've simply found the wrong collaborator. There's a certain amount of trust required, so you've got to have a good rapport with someone.

Not everyone can handle it, and I understand the mindset of someone who feels very protective of their characters. If I have a really protective, possessive instinct over a character I make sure to keep them for solo stories, and not collaborations. I compartmentalize.

Anyway, collaborative work can be intensely satisfying if you can relax and get into the groove. I'm pretty picky about who I write with--I use a lot of instinct/intuition, but I also NEED to see samples of their writing first.

 

[stfstfs]

Is there a co-author board?

Hi all, I am pretty new to the writing "business", but I once managed to find (on craigslist) another guy interested in co-authoring some erotic stories. We really got it going well for quite some time, with a "some paragraphs in turn" approach, and even met personally. Unfortunately, he became very busy in real life, and so all tapered off.
But where can I find a co-author? Are those requests buried in the other discussion boards, or is there a dedicated place for them?
Thanks for any hint, and sorry if this is somewhat hijacking the thread...

 

[tamgreen]

Hi all, I am pretty new to the writing "business", but I once managed to find (on craigslist) another guy interested in co-authoring some erotic stories. We really got it going well for quite some time, with a "some paragraphs in turn" approach, and even met personally. Unfortunately, he became very busy in real life, and so all tapered off.
But where can I find a co-author? Are those requests buried in the other discussion boards, or is there a dedicated place for them?
Thanks for any hint, and sorry if this is somewhat hijacking the thread...

Your best bet is probably to hit up the "Seeking RPers & Inspiration" thread on the Sexual Roleplay board, and lay out what you're looking for in a co-author. Personally I put a list of very specific requirements and interests and got a lot more bites than I was expecting to! For me it's led to both board roleplay and off-board collaboration.

 

[rjordan]

I cowrote a couple non-fiction books (motorcycle) as a freelancer. My experience has been that any time two people work together, one does 60-70% (sometimes more) of the work, but they each get 50% of the credit. If the product is just for fun, that's one thing. When it's for pay and the pay is split 50/50, that's another. I would never do it again, even for fun.

Clubs are like that too. A core few do all the work, everyone else just pays dues.

rj

 

[xelliebabex]

I ran an unofficial contest here last year, a tag team competition where authors were randomly paired off and we had to write a story around the theme of team work

My original partner had to drop out and I finished with XelliebabeX.

It was a fun experience we talked through yahoo voice chat and it was great how we would start out confused then everything would come together.

When the contest was done, the authors had to decide who's page it would go on. Seeing unlike me, Ellie had a chance in survivor I gave it to her.

Its By Demons Driven and it won first place in the April 2014 monthly contest. So it netted her a shiny W...

Teach me to give something away, you know what they say about nice guys...

But she earned it, anyone that can deal with and pin down my scatter brained writing style deserves a reward

Aww thanks LC

During this contest I actually ended up writing with three partners.

My original partner Swilly was amazing and we wrote an epic 17 lit pages worth of story which still has a rating that hovers around 4.8. Our writing was easy and uncomplicated, we just got each other and passed the story back and forth editing each others work as we went.

My second partner wrote in an entirely different way and needed more control of the story so while i had input I went with his idea and pretty much let him lead the way. That's not to say I didn't have my own input just in a different way. Still loads of fun! That story was pretty much done in a weekend bar the editing.

I began writing with LC after yet another person dropped out of the friendly unofficial contest. I will not kid anyone, it was a difficult process because he is a binge writer with little patience for my need to catch up to his weeks of working on a particular story that I was new to. having said that, this was not only fun but i learned a lot and I wouldn't trade that experience or the friendship we forged during that time for anything.

The hardest thing about co-writing is deciding who gets to publish it or if you make a joint account the rest is just fun!

Those three men that I co-authored with were all so different in their approaches to the task that I now think I am flexible enough to write with just about anyone, as long as they didn't mind my Aussie slang and grammar.

I think everyone should give it a go at least once. Maybe if there isn't a FAWC in the big gap between April Fools contest and Nude you could convince LC to run his contest again

 

[sexnovella]

yes I do

Yes I do