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Friday 16 May 2014

Collaboration Fiction Is Increasingly Becoming Popular

By Arline Bradley


It is referred to as a form of writing where a group of people joins effort to control a story or carry out research. Collaboration fiction is widely spread and applicable in various sectors. People have diverse reasons for involvement in research, some of this include; recreation, to participate in education and for commercial gain.

It can also be defined as several people who write together. This definition is more convincing and acceptable because every writing is usually an outcome of combined efforts. This is true because authors always use ideas or language from works done by previous writers.

Collaborative writing has largely been employed in academic research and classroom. It has been used to encourage learner centered programs in many institutions. The role of the professor in such situations becomes to instruct the students and provide opportunities for them to take responsibility collaborative research and writing. This new strategy is very effective and enables students perform better.

There are legal issues that need to be observed whenever two or more people join efforts to write. An agreement should exists defining issues like the terms of separation, who would retain the right of the property in case all the group decides to part ways and also provide clear guidelines for termination of the conglomerate. It is vital for every writer to be aware that working with others is not easy and they can encounter several challenges. Some of these challenges include; pressure from the co-workers, delays in producing the book, one party may have other stuff he is committed and one of the members can lose interest or get bored in the process of coming up with the writing.

Collaborative writing has also been used to influence participation of community in writing. Many writers who engage the community are rewarded as the output is always of high quality and the content is built on real life of the people. An example is Dave Eggers who was awarded for 826 projects in 2008. His projects were a joint effort of community, groups and school children.

The advent of internet has highly encouraged recreational collaborative writing. It can be open with no specific rules as it is passed from writer to writer. However many of them tend to adopt set of rules concerning what contribution is acceptable and which is not. Writing games that have this kind of contribution have a tradition in fictional groups. Examples include Oulipo and Dadaists. Development of internet has made this kind of games popular leading to original literary production and hypertext fiction.

One should be careful when choosing co-writers. This is because they determine the quality of work done and the experience one is going to have in the whole process. When one is choosing a partner he should consider the level of commitment and interest. Co-writers are there to share ideas of writing.

One should ensure that they work smoothly with other authors. There are a number of tips that one can observe to ensure efficiency while working with others. Some of them include respecting the strengths and weaknesses of your co-worker. Writers can work jointly in research and also writing.




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