A little mashing of brains and writing style.

[Emeraldfae]

Hi, I may be posting this in the entirely wrong section but it said authors and that's what I'm after. I'm a writer, albeit a very new one, and I was looking for someone to colaborate with on a story or even more then one story. I am NOT talking about roleplaying, but good old fashion posting a story on lit. I figure my stories could improve with some different styles as I tend to go into wayyyyyyy to much detail. I do have some stories posted if you'd like to read a sample of my writing style. Just look under Emeraldfae.

Categories I write in:

-sci-fi and fantasy
-nonhuman
-horror

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Xoxo

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Hi, I may be posting this in the entirely wrong section but it said authors and that's what I'm after. I'm a writer, albeit a very new one, and I was looking for someone to colaborate with on a story or even more then one story. I am NOT talking about roleplaying, but good old fashion posting a story on lit. I figure my stories could improve with some different styles as I tend to go into wayyyyyyy to much detail. I do have some stories posted if you'd like to read a sample of my writing style. Just look under Emeraldfae.

Categories I write in:

-sci-fi and fantasy
-nonhuman
-horror

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Xoxo

Lit's Search function is usually totally screwed up, so if you want anyone to read your stories you should paste the link into your signature.

I haven't seen your stuff, so this is nothing personal, but I think a lot of writers avoid collaborations because collaboration usually means, "I'll write all the fun parts and you do all the grunt work in between." The last collaboration I did wasted 4 months, 140 pages and endless revisions when we had a complete falling out over the ending. Pretty much killed the friendship too.

I think you might be better off looking for an editor. A good editor will work with you like a collaborator while still staying out of your way.

 

[Emeraldfae]

Thank you! I have applyed for an editor.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

Lit's Search function is usually totally screwed up, so if you want anyone to read your stories you should paste the link into your signature.

I haven't seen your stuff, so this is nothing personal, but I think a lot of writers avoid collaborations because collaboration usually means, "I'll write all the fun parts and you do all the grunt work in between." The last collaboration I did wasted 4 months, 140 pages and endless revisions when we had a complete falling out over the ending. Pretty much killed the friendship too.

I think you might be better off looking for an editor. A good editor will work with you like a collaborator while still staying out of your way.

Hey doc, haven't seen you in a while

 

[sr71plt]

The collaboration I do is in terms of each of us taking on set characters and moving the story with alternating (or periodic) first-person cuts of the characters' views and/or interpretations of shared (or not) events that move the story to its conclusion. Yes, then one of the writers (me) massages it so it all fits and flows (which is fine, since I'm an editor), but we've each gotten a go at the "fun parts."

You might post this to the "story ideas" forum as well, and, yes, if you are looking for a collaborator, you should link directly to stories so that possible collaborators can see whether there is a writing fit possibility.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Hey doc, haven't seen you in a while

Hi C2B!

Yeah, I ebb and flow. It depends on how hard I'm trying to procrastinate, and lately it's been intense.

I'll say this for collaboration, though: if you get the right person, you can strike some amazing sparks off each other. The best collaborations I've had were always with women, and women who were much dirtier than me and pushed me into territories I normally wouldn't have thought to go.