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Q&A How can I keep up with my co-author's detail creation?

Keeping track of details invented for a work of fiction is never simple, often requiring writing bibles and continuity editors. But when two people are working on the same book simultaneously, then...

0 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Standback‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-12T20:05:59Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:12:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T02:12:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
Keeping track of details invented for a work of fiction is never simple, often requiring writing bibles and continuity editors. But when two people are working on the same book simultaneously, then you're not only dealing with the details you've made up, you also need to work around a slew of fictional details that your co-author sprouted up on their own.

How can detail-organization techniques be adapted for collaboration, where they need to be shared constantly? How can an author keep abreast of a bunch of invented details their co-author thinks up? And when two co-authors have made up minor details which clash with each other, how can one resolve the conflict without knowing where and how the other used the detail?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-02-12T12:45:13Z (over 12 years ago)
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