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All About Co-Writing & How (Not) To Do It

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Channel: Kate Cavanaugh Writes · 2018 · People & Blogs

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Tips, tricks, and words of warning! Like planes, trains, and automobiles...only co-writing. [Timestamps beloooow!]

1:12 Communication is key! (Seriously...if y'all can't communicate well, don't be co-writers!)
1:28 4 Things You Need to Discuss Before Becoming Co-Writers
1:56 Why you'll need to have similar tastes in books (at least in the genre you're writing in!)
2:43 2nd Warning aka Be ~Complementary~ Writers, Not the Same
3:56 How DO you co-write a story?
4:35 You will not pants this novel. It's impossible.
5:23 How my friend and I started
5:58 Diving The Work
6:58 Scheduling is super important (and also, for us, super challenging)
8:28 Edits y'all
9:12 A recent example of communication, revising work, and feedback
9:43 On First Draft Work and How To Give & Receive Criticism/Feedback (be positive and kind to your co-writer AND yourself)
11:01 What My Co-Writer Thinks the Pros & Cons Are
11:11 "Built-in Idea Bouncers" & Arguably the BEST Thing About Co-Writing A Story
11:43 On Beta Readers
12:31 How To Give Up Control & Why It Can Be Hard
15:25 Questions For Youuuuu
15:50 Bloops

D I S C U S S I O N  Q U E S T I O N S :
Would you ever co-write a story (with a friend)?
For those that are already co-writing, what do you think the biggest pros and cons are?
Do you think any stories lend themselves better to co-writing over being written by just one person?

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