I am making my first steps in screenwriting and I am excited to be part of the community where screenwriters from all around the globe can socialize and communicate with each other. I know that some of you have achieved success as solo screenwriters but I am very curious about the possibility of collaboration. I understand that established/recognized authors are concentrated on writing/polishing/pitching their own scripts and less interested in other projects but I would love to hear your thoughts.
Have you ever tried to collaborate with other screenwriters?
Positive or negative experience?
I just want to get a better understanding what the word "collaboration" means in reality among screenwriters and if it is possible to collaborate successfully or not.
Please check out my posted loglines if you would like to know more about my work. Appreciate your time and answers!
Array and Brandon, thank you for your comments.
I guess the success of collaboration depends from different factors, including the genre of particular screenplay, unique balance of daily regular life/hours available for screenwriting and basic trust to each other. I understand that collaborators will always have different levels of experience and skills and there will be a measurement of work involved from different partners. To me the most important things is to be sparked/driven by the story you are working on and if there is no mutual enthusiasm then any collaboration has less chances for success. You can pay for it help/collaboration but still you won't get the best results...
Brandon,
So your collaboration did no go beyond just sharing the ideas, correct?