Jorvik1220
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Question's in the title really!
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My first collaboration went out under my name, as the story fitted into an existing story cycle. My co-writer posted the first few paragraphs in his story file, with a link at the end to the full story in my file. We coordinated with Laurel to join them together. The story then got readers from our quite separate fan bases.So if you have a collaboration with another writer, and the contribution is equal, how do you submit it? Do you submit it under one name but in the prologue/disclaimer make it clear that the other writer has made a 50% contribution, or do you come up with a different name for the two of you. Different than the name under which you normally submit.
I can't imagine doing a story that way. To me, the plot is everything. I could see myself doing a collaboration were I lay out the plot and the other writer fills it out.Depending how you write, plotlines would be an adventure - my collabs have bounced each section of the last with no handover notes, no expectations - here you go, your turn. Do what you will with this. It can become very free-form. But it all depends how you approach the project.
It's not for everyone, that's for sure. I enjoy the process as I don't structure and plot anything (maybe loosely in my subconscious), so it's the spontaneity of bouncing in and around another mind that's the fascination. A story can end up with different layers of meaning, as we're reacting to each other in a creative way which can get quite intense. You have to let barriers down, I think, given it's erotica being written.I can't imagine doing a story that way. To me, the plot is everything. I could see myself doing a collaboration were I lay out the plot and the other writer fills it out.
Some of us like to set a dilemma and enjoy the ride to how it gets resolved. If I established a strict, detailed outline for fiction as I've had to do for nonfiction, I wouldn't bother writing the story--no reward of discovery as I wrote.