Writing as a two or three

The pleasures — and perils — of collaboration in long-form fiction…

dan brotzel
The Book Mechanic
Published in
10 min readDec 8, 2019

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Galton & Simpson. Beaumont & Fletcher. Lennon & McCartney. The writers’ room. In some areas of creative writing, collaboration is the norm. Yet when it comes to the stereotypical writer in books and movies, you’re usually looking at a tortured, very solitary figure. Think of James Caan in Misery, locked away…

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dan brotzel
The Book Mechanic

Funny-sad author | Hotel du Jack @SandstonePress; Work in Progress (formerly Kitten on a Fatberg) @unbounders | Pushcart, Slackjaw, Pithead, X-Ray, Ellipsis