Just out of curiosity, how many people have ever co-written something? Was it a good/bad experience? Would you do it again? Do you do it regularly? If you haven't done it before, any particular reason why?
Personally, I have never done it in a serious way, and I can't imagine myself doing it under most circumstances. Mainly because I have a need for creative control. Whether it's set building, a research project, or what-have-you, I always somehow end up in charge, and it's a place I need to be if there's something creative involved. I think that's why I became a novelist in the first place... so I would have control of my worlds!
Once when I was a teenager, a friend and I decided that we were going to write the "sequel" to Jurrasic Park (this was when Crichton had only written the first book). I think it was about 10 minutes before I was sitting there just telling my buddy the whole story.
I think the only way I could imagine myself cowriting was if I took on a project that required a lot of technical or historical knowledge; if I found someone who just wanted to be in on it to supply me with the expertise and let me do the plotting... I could maybe handle that.
Personally, I have never done it in a serious way, and I can't imagine myself doing it under most circumstances. Mainly because I have a need for creative control. Whether it's set building, a research project, or what-have-you, I always somehow end up in charge, and it's a place I need to be if there's something creative involved. I think that's why I became a novelist in the first place... so I would have control of my worlds!
Once when I was a teenager, a friend and I decided that we were going to write the "sequel" to Jurrasic Park (this was when Crichton had only written the first book). I think it was about 10 minutes before I was sitting there just telling my buddy the whole story.
I think the only way I could imagine myself cowriting was if I took on a project that required a lot of technical or historical knowledge; if I found someone who just wanted to be in on it to supply me with the expertise and let me do the plotting... I could maybe handle that.