Editing Collaborative writing (section)

== Definition ==
Collaborative writing engages two or more persons in the process of producing a written work as a group, where everyone involved is contributing content or decisions on the work being produced (Vanderbilt University).
* Interaction between participants throughout the entire [[writing process]]. Whether it be [[brainstorming]], writing a draft of the project, or reviewing.
* Shared power among participants. Everyone included in the project has the power to make decisions and no group member is in charge of all the text produced.
* The collaborative production of one single and specific text.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Storch |first=Neomy |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.21832/9781847699954/html |title=Collaborative Writing in L2 Classrooms |date=2013-07-04 |publisher=Multilingual Matters |isbn=978-1-84769-995-4 |language=en |doi=10.21832/9781847699954}}</ref>

Collaborative writing is often the norm, rather than the exception, in many academic and workplace settings.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Ede|first1=Lisa S.|title=Singular texts/plural authors: perspectives on collaborative writing|last2=Lunsford|first2=Andrea A.|publisher=Southern Illinois University Press|year=1992|isbn=0809317931|edition=|location=Carbondale|oclc=23768261}}</ref><ref>Schindler, Kirsten and Wolfe, Joanna "Beyond single authors: Organizational text production as collaborative writing" Handbook of writing and text production. Berlin: De Gruyter, Mouton, 2014 p. 160</ref> Some theories of collaborative writing suggest that in the writing process, all participants are to have equal responsibilities. In this view, all sections of the text should be split up to ensure the workload is evenly displaced, all participants work together and interact throughout the writing process, everyone contributes to planning, generating ideas, making structure of text, editing, and the revision process.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lundsford|first=Andrea|date=1991|title=Collaboration, Control, and the Idea of a Writing Center|url=http://ucwbling.chicagolandwritingcenters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Andrea-Lunsford-Collaboration-Control-and-the-Idea-of-a-Writing-Center.pdf|journal=The Writing Center Journal|volume=12|issue=1|pages=3–10}}</ref> Other theories of collaborative writing propose a more flexible understanding of the workflow that accounts for varying contribution levels depending on the expertise, interest, and role of participants.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Singh-Gupta|first=Vidya|date=May 1996|title=Preparing Students for Teamwork through Collaborative Writing and Peer Review Techniques|url=https://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/TETYC/0232-may96/TE0232Preparing.pdf|journal=Teaching English in the Two-Year College|volume=23|issue=2 |pages=127–136|doi=10.58680/tetyc19965483 }}</ref>