do you have any tips on how to collab with ppl on a fic? bc i’m about to collab with someone for the first time and idk how to go about it ahaha
OKAY here’s what beedee and i did because i feel like it was best case scenario as far as collabing goes
the first thing is obviously coming up with that you want to write—the overarching idea, a single plot point you want, etc. after that, beedee and i let our excitement get the best of us and spitball ridiculous ideas back and forth until we’re both peeing our pants laughing and we literally have most of the plot just through writing the most ridiculous ideas down.
after that, it’s a matter of splitting up who writes what/deciding how you want to write it. beedee and i usually just claim sections and start writing. once in a blue moon we also try spitballing a few hundred words back and forth and exchanging like that? like we wrote it in messages, and i’d send 400ish words and she’d reply with the next 400ish words etc.
after its written, we both go in and do some edits. for the most part it’s just surface edits, or if we come up with more jokes/other sections we want added. this part is something you should talk to whoever you’re collabing with about though because editing their sections (surface level or not) could be weird for them if you haven’t discussed it first. (beedee and i share a brain and we’ve discussed this before so it’s pretty much like editing our own sections for us! but some people would rather edit their own sections only! whatever works for you guys!)
then once we’re both satisfied, we put it up!! that’s really it! it sounds really terrifying of an undertaking but if you really vibe with who you’re writing with it’ll be so satisfying and fun!!
