Co-writing a Book - Collaboration and Co-creation for Authors

Joanna Penn, J. Thorn

Summary

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Co-writing can be an amazing experience when two minds come together to create something new in the world. Or it can be a painful process that ends in disaster! In this short book, bestselling authors J. Thorn and Joanna Penn share tips on how to successfully co-write a book and avoid the pitfalls along the way. It includes excerpts from their private co-writing diary, honest notes written every day on a fiction project that will help you on your own journey, and a sample co-writing agreement.

In this book, you will discover:
What is co-writing?
Benefits of co-writing
The difficulties of co-writing
Finding the right person to co-write with

Before you start:
Written legal agreement
Practicalities and process of co-writing and co-creation
Excerpts from Risen Gods co-writing diary
What happens if it goes wrong?
Other types of collaboration and co-creation
Tips for multi-author boxsets
Tips for managing a multi-author collaboration

Thoughts on a four author collaboration:
Authors on a Train from Chicago to New Orleans

Appendix 1:
Example agreement

If you want to improve your writing skills and your productivity, co-writing might be the right thing for you. Download a sample and try the book now.

Duration: about 1 hour (01:26:35)
Publishing date: 2022-04-18; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2020. Copyright Statment: —