cowrites
Authors with another
Cowrites is the third-person singular of cowrite, meaning to write something jointly with another person.
The term appears most often in contexts of songwriting and screenwriting, where collaborative authorship is common: She cowrites most of her hits with her producer.
The past tense cowritten often appears in credits: a screenplay cowritten by the director.
Spontaneous idea generation
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- cooperateWork jointly with others
- jointlyIn shared participation
- contributeGive to a collective
partnership · synergy · merge · combine · integrate · coordinate · share · participate
Recounting events aloud
- narrativeAccount of events
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- plottingDevising a secret plan
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
worldbuilding · drafting · editing · fiction · screenplay · novel · poetry · prose
Original text before publication
- editorOne who revises text
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- bylineArticle author identification
attribution · credit · anthology · contributor · submission · copyright · contract · literary
brainstorm
Spontaneous idea generation
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- cooperateWork jointly with others
- jointlyIn shared participation
contribute · partnership · synergy · merge · combine · integrate · coordinate · share · participate · assist
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
characterization · worldbuilding · drafting · editing · fiction · screenplay · novel · poetry · prose · theme
manuscript
Original text before publication
- editorOne who revises text
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
byline · attribution · credit · anthology · contributor · submission · copyright · contract · literary · genre
cowritesreads
Interprets written symbols
edits · transcribes · copies · plagiarizes