Application Of Collaboration Fiction In Various Fields

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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 a group of people writing together. This definition is more acceptable globally because it takes the assumption that all written works are a product of two or more authors. This is true and is evidenced by the fact that writers borrow ideas and language from past writings.

This form of writing is very essential in classroom. It promotes learner centered program in institutions. In collaborative classroom learning the instructor changes is role from expert to mentor. The work of professor becomes to provide opportunity for learners to take responsibility in active and collaboration learning.

There are legal aspects of this fiction that should be taken into consideration when a group decides to cooperate to control a story or come up with a book. The challenges of joint writing include delays, pressure from the partners, one party having other commitments hence giving little time to the project, if a partner feels bored by the project or one of the members lose interest within the process of drafting the book. It is advisable that whenever writers combine efforts they have an agreement that deals with termination of the partnership, terms to part ways and provide who retains the right to the property.

This fiction has also been used to encourage community contributions in writing. In 2008, TED prizes were awarded Dave Eggers for his outstanding work in 826 projects. His projects have been drafted using techniques that engage community groups and school children in writing.

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.

It is necessary that one works well with his partners towards quality output. Here are two main strategies that one can employ to achieve this; respect their strengths and also understand their weaknesses.




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