cowrote
Collaborated on text
Cowrote is the past tense of cowrite, meaning to write something jointly with one or more other people: She cowrote the screenplay with her sister.
The term appears frequently in credits for songs, books, and scripts where authorship is shared.
Shared business arrangement
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- jointlyIn shared participation
- shared creditRecognition given jointly
byline · contribution · teamwork · cooperation · coordination · combined effort · co-creation · revision
Generating many ideas freely
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- outliningTracing outer contours
- ideationForming mental concepts
- conceptualizationMental creation of ideas
inspiration · revision · plotting · worldbuilding · dialogue · storyboarding · workshopping · feedback
Original text before publication
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- volumeAmount of space filled
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
byline · acknowledgments · bibliography · publisher · book deal · literary agent · credited · footnotes
partnership
Shared business arrangement
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- jointlyIn shared participation
shared credit · byline · contribution · teamwork · cooperation · coordination · combined effort · co-creation · revision · editing
brainstorming
Generating many ideas freely
conceptualization · inspiration · revision · plotting · worldbuilding · dialogue · storyboarding · workshopping · feedback · editing
manuscript
Original text before publication
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- volumeAmount of space filled
- compilationGathered works assembled together
ghostwriter · byline · acknowledgments · bibliography · publisher · book deal · literary agent · credited · footnotes · proofreading