I dunno. I guess it depends on how you collaborate, heh.
See, for me, it's better. The collaborations I've done are all at the chapter or scene level -- as in "I'll write this, and this, and
I'll do the framing action for this; you write that and that and that. Go!"
If you're working at a lower level than that, yeah, I imagine it'd be pretty difficult.
For my style, though, it's handy. I can keep notes about who's writing what in the scene itself, including goal dates / deadlines, and when it's
done, just plug it in. It's all just text.
I know I'm probably coming across as OOOohhh, SHINY! but I'm really keen on it, it's already moved me to complete drafts of six scenes for two
different pieces I'm working on, both of which have been languishing lately. Something about being able to see where a scene fits easily without having to
force myself to write it all right then, I think.
You may well have a different writing style, though. Heh.
A picture being worth... 9460 words, in this case (heh), here's an example of what I mean. I imported the first chapter of Reunions, which was posted a
while back, and told it to split it at my scene markers, then went through and added names to scenes. Took all of 15 minutes.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
See, for me, it's better. The collaborations I've done are all at the chapter or scene level -- as in "I'll write this, and this, and
I'll do the framing action for this; you write that and that and that. Go!"
If you're working at a lower level than that, yeah, I imagine it'd be pretty difficult.
For my style, though, it's handy. I can keep notes about who's writing what in the scene itself, including goal dates / deadlines, and when it's
done, just plug it in. It's all just text.
I know I'm probably coming across as OOOohhh, SHINY! but I'm really keen on it, it's already moved me to complete drafts of six scenes for two
different pieces I'm working on, both of which have been languishing lately. Something about being able to see where a scene fits easily without having to
force myself to write it all right then, I think.
You may well have a different writing style, though. Heh.
A picture being worth... 9460 words, in this case (heh), here's an example of what I mean. I imported the first chapter of Reunions, which was posted a
while back, and told it to split it at my scene markers, then went through and added names to scenes. Took all of 15 minutes.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs