Not long ago, I received a tweet about James Patterson’s competition for selecting a co-author.  My mind circled back to the post below that I wrote last year.

I’m one of those people who always has an idea brewing in her mind. Unfortunately it’s hard to spin out a completed product just as fast as the ideas come.  So I am considering the writing partner angle, but will have to get my current work out the way.

If you’ve ever co-authored or collaborated with a writing partner, what was your selection process?  How did you divide the work?

Besides writing, one of my enjoyments is learning something new.  This past weekend, I ran into a couple of articles from Writer’s Digest about collaborative writing.  I had never considered the concept, but thought it quite interesting.  You can read the articles here and here.

Right off the bat I could see how writing with a partner could be beneficial – finish a story in half the time, quicker editing, someone to bounce ideas off of.  The list could go on and on.  But there could be a downside too.  What if my partner and I disagree on the direction of the story or something else significant?