Collaborating with another writer offers a writer the opportunity to increase output while reducing workload.
It’s true that you’ll have to share signing and payment if you collaborate, but with the right partner, your writing pace will increase as you focus on using your strengths.
This year alone, I have published over 300 articles, with at least a third of them written with three contributors. One partnership was so successful that we decided to work together on a book project. Other associations have been moderately successful or even failed altogether.
It’s interesting to note that until I accidentally started collaborating, I didn’t think it was an option for me.
4 Reasons Why You Might Not Want To Consider Collaborating 1. You prefer to work alone – It cannot be denied that collaborating is not for everyone. Some people prefer to work alone. For them, having someone else involved in the story is just a distraction, rather than adding value.
2. Unequal distribution of work -Then there are the collaborators who give this way of writing a bad name. They don’t do their part of the job or they do shoddy work.
3. Oil and water – Sometimes two hard-working people have temperaments that just don’t match, or the writing styles are so different that the process becomes unnecessarily difficult. Working with a personality that doesn’t complement your own, no matter how well-intentioned, can make it difficult to work together on a project.
4. Preconceived notions – Personally, I would not have thought that the collaboration suited me. He was happy writing alone and didn’t see why he should change. By chance I started collaborating with several people, and while I still do most of my work alone, I also recognize the value of sharing some of the work.
6. Reasons why you can choose to collaborate: 1. You’ve taken on too much work and need an extra brain and pair of hands.
2. You want to explore a new topic, so you partner with an expert writer.
3. You are an excellent investigator, but you would like someone to pull the strings of the story
4. You find writing a solitary occupation and want a partner to share the work with.
5. Finds brainstorming and framing a story with a partner challenging. It also helps to clarify your own thinking.
6. You would like to work on several projects at the same time and get your name in as many places as possible.