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Create With Co-Authors: How to use effective collaboration to level up your writing career
Many authors consider joining forces with other writers to multiply their creative might. Are We can help. Three career authors, with experience in the different models of co-authoring, coach you through all the areas you should consider whether you are following a traditional, indie or hybrid publishing path. From the creative challenges of co-authoring, to benefits of a shared marketing push—learn how to unlock the potential of powerful collaborative relationships. Whether you are developing a book or a series, Create With Co-Authors gives you the tools and step-by-step guidance you need to form healthy co-author relationships. Prompts and exercises will help you take practical steps to turn that dream into shared products that you can research, write and promote—while growing your catalogue and widening your reach. Click the buy button now to ensure you and your co-author(s) have a solid foundation to build upon. This is the sixth book in the Creative Academy Guide for Writers . Be sure to check out the rest of the titles in this series.
- GenresNonfiction
280 pages, Hardcover
Published November 27, 2021
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About the author
Donna Barker
7 books166 followersDonna Barker is a career non-fiction ghostwriter and curriculum creator whose work has won national awards (which other people get to show on their shelves). She has also written award-winning fiction under the penname Danika Bloom.
Donna is the co-founder of The Creative Academy for Writers with her author pals Eileen Cook and Crystal (CJ) Hunt. With Eileen and Crystal, she is the editor of books in the *Creative Academy Guides For Writers* series.
When she's not wearing her Danika Bloom persona, Donna leads a weekly mastermind group for writers, edits creative non-fiction, and does her best to only put on 'leaving the house clothes' once a week.
Join her free writer's community for support on your own writing adventure at http://creativeacademyforwriters.com/.
Donna is the co-founder of The Creative Academy for Writers with her author pals Eileen Cook and Crystal (CJ) Hunt. With Eileen and Crystal, she is the editor of books in the *Creative Academy Guides For Writers* series.
When she's not wearing her Danika Bloom persona, Donna leads a weekly mastermind group for writers, edits creative non-fiction, and does her best to only put on 'leaving the house clothes' once a week.
Join her free writer's community for support on your own writing adventure at http://creativeacademyforwriters.com/.
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December 9, 2021
Disclaimer: I received this book for free in exchange for writing an honest review.
I hadn’t considered co-authoring much before reading this book. I’d pondered what it might be like to have someone who could more accurately depict chapters written in male POVs but I hadn’t considered the logistics of actually working with someone on a creative endeavor.
In Create With Co-Authors: How to use effective collaboration to level up your writing career, Donna, Crystal and Eileen cover everything I could have ever wanted to know about the experience of co-authoring. They discuss their personal experiences with co-authoring (both including and outside of this book), explain the concepts of ghostwriting and headliner/co-author relationships, and go through every stage of the co-authoring process from conception to publication and beyond.
This book seems like it would be most useful for someone strongly considering co-authoring, who wants a guide to navigating it smoothly. It gives a good understanding of navigating that world as well as some tools to avoid potential pitfalls. That being said, as someone who isn’t prepared to take that plunge yet, I can say that it did open my eyes to the potential, especially if I struggle attempting to publish on my own, without sugar coating the experience.
This book, like others in the Creative Academy Guides for Writers, offers helpful workbooks which I love. If you’re like me, you probably want a hands-on component to try the things you’re reading about. It is also a very easy read and has lots of hilarious commentary sprinkled throughout. In my experience reading other writing guides, they can be a bit dry at times, but I find the Creative Academy Guides for Writers to be enjoyable in their presentation and digestibility.
I also own a copy of Create Story Conflict, one of the Creative Academy Guides for Writers which I purchased on audiobook, which is also hilarious and has great workbook prompts.
The most interesting part of the book in my opinion was the breakdown of the headline and co-author relationship – think Clive Cussler or James Patterson. I had assumed the process was more collaborative, but it seems more like having a lesser known author do the writing for an idea that a more well known author has in exchange for credit and compensation. I appreciated that despite the fact that most people reading this are not likely to sign on to co-author the next Clive Cussler book, there was a breakdown of how you might workup to that point.
I hadn’t considered co-authoring much before reading this book. I’d pondered what it might be like to have someone who could more accurately depict chapters written in male POVs but I hadn’t considered the logistics of actually working with someone on a creative endeavor.
In Create With Co-Authors: How to use effective collaboration to level up your writing career, Donna, Crystal and Eileen cover everything I could have ever wanted to know about the experience of co-authoring. They discuss their personal experiences with co-authoring (both including and outside of this book), explain the concepts of ghostwriting and headliner/co-author relationships, and go through every stage of the co-authoring process from conception to publication and beyond.
This book seems like it would be most useful for someone strongly considering co-authoring, who wants a guide to navigating it smoothly. It gives a good understanding of navigating that world as well as some tools to avoid potential pitfalls. That being said, as someone who isn’t prepared to take that plunge yet, I can say that it did open my eyes to the potential, especially if I struggle attempting to publish on my own, without sugar coating the experience.
This book, like others in the Creative Academy Guides for Writers, offers helpful workbooks which I love. If you’re like me, you probably want a hands-on component to try the things you’re reading about. It is also a very easy read and has lots of hilarious commentary sprinkled throughout. In my experience reading other writing guides, they can be a bit dry at times, but I find the Creative Academy Guides for Writers to be enjoyable in their presentation and digestibility.
I also own a copy of Create Story Conflict, one of the Creative Academy Guides for Writers which I purchased on audiobook, which is also hilarious and has great workbook prompts.
The most interesting part of the book in my opinion was the breakdown of the headline and co-author relationship – think Clive Cussler or James Patterson. I had assumed the process was more collaborative, but it seems more like having a lesser known author do the writing for an idea that a more well known author has in exchange for credit and compensation. I appreciated that despite the fact that most people reading this are not likely to sign on to co-author the next Clive Cussler book, there was a breakdown of how you might workup to that point.
April 14, 2024
Co-authoring? This is the place to start.
I’m co-authoring a book for the first time, and I’m glad I’m reading this before getting too far with it. Comprehensive but also easy and fun to read. Can safely say it will be my guide throughout the process.
I’m co-authoring a book for the first time, and I’m glad I’m reading this before getting too far with it. Comprehensive but also easy and fun to read. Can safely say it will be my guide throughout the process.
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