# Working with a co-author

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-a-co-author/527890>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 6, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-a-co-author/527890 "2010-02-06T03:10:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-a-co-author/527890/21 "2010-02-08T00:10:33Z")

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Hence:

> [@cricetus](#):
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> I’m not disputing what she did; she was a serious chef and author

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**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-a-co-author/527890/22 "2010-02-08T12:07:26Z")

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> [@cricetus](#):
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> And hell, if you’re in the supermarket you’re a bestseller. Nothing to sneeze at. I don’t care for most of them, but I respect what those hacks have been able to do.

I’m jealous as all hell of them.

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-a-co-author/527890/23 "2010-02-08T16:32:25Z")

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I’ve tried to co-author short stories. I hated it. Maybe if I could find someone who wrote similarly to me…

honestly, just write it. Write a bunch of it, and then stop, and read it, and have someone else read it, and see how it goes.

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