Editing Collaborative writing (section)

== Types ==
{{See also|Chain writing}}
Collaborative writing processes are extremely [[Context-sensitive language|context-dependent]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sharples|first1=M.|chapter=Research Issues in the Study of Computer Supported Collaborative Writing|date=1993|title=Computer Supported Collaborative Writing|pages=9–28|publisher=Springer London|isbn=9783540197829|last2=Goodlet|first2=J. S.|last3=Beck|first3=E. E.|last4=Wood|first4=C. C.|last5=Easterbrook|first5=S. M.|last6=Plowman|first6=L.|series=Computer Supported Cooperative Work |doi=10.1007/978-1-4471-2007-0_2}}</ref> In scholarship, on both academic and business writing, multiple terminologies have been identified for collaborative writing processes, including:

* '''Single-author writing''' or '''collegial''': one person is leading, they compile the group ideas and do the writing.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Lowry|first1=Paul Benjamin|last2=Curtis|first2=Aaron|last3=Lowry|first3=Michelle René|s2cid=15241066|date=2004-01-01|title=Building a Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Collaborative Writing to Improve Interdisciplinary Research and Practice|journal=The Journal of Business Communication|volume=41|issue=1|pages=66–99|doi=10.1177/0021943603259363|issn=0021-9436|doi-access=}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Hart|first=Richard L|date=September 2000|title=Co-authorship in the academic library literature: A survey of attitudes and behaviors|journal=The Journal of Academic Librarianship|volume=26|issue=5|pages=339–345|doi=10.1016/s0099-1333(00)00140-3|issn=0099-1333}}</ref>
* '''Sequential writing''': each person adds their task work then passes it on for the next person to edit freely.<ref name=":1" />
* '''Horizontal-division''' or '''parallel writing''': each person does one part of the whole project and then one member compiles it.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Sharples, M. 1993">Sharples, M., Goodlet, J. S., Beck, E. E., Wood, C. C., Easterbook, S M., & Plowman, L. (1993). Research issues in the study of computer supported collaborative writing. In M. Sharples (ed.) Computer supported collaborative writing. London: Springer, 9–28.</ref>
* '''Stratified-division writing''': each person plays a role in the composition process of a project due to talents.<ref name=":1" />
* '''Reactive''' or '''reciprocal writing''': group all works on and writes the project at the same time, adjusting and commenting on everyone's work.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Tomlinson">{{Cite conference|last=Tomlinson|first=Bill|display-authors=etal|date=2012|title=Massively distributed authorship of academic papers|conference=2012 ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts|location=Austin, Texas, USA|pages=11–20|doi=10.1145/2212776.2212779|url=https://scholarworks.smith.edu/context/csc_facpubs/article/1339/viewcontent/Massively_distributed_authorship_of_academic_papers.pdf}}</ref> 

The process of collaborative writing involves a couple of different levels. The process of collaborative writing begins with planning and goal setting. The group of two or more individuals meet and begin laying out the goals and steps they are going to take to complete the work. Next, members of the group will begin [[research]]ing and finding information on the topic they are working on. After that, the group will begin outlining and structuring the research into a rough draft. Next, the group will collaborate to create a draft that they will then [[Editing|revise and edit]]. Finally, the group will begin [[Proofreading|proof-reading]] prior to publishing their work. With the draft, edited, proofread, and revised, the group will then publish the work they collaborated to create (UNC Writing Center, 2017).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bremner |first=Stephen |date=April 2010 |title=Collaborative writing: Bridging the gap between the textbook and the workplace |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0889490609000647 |journal=English for Specific Purposes |language=en |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=121–132 |doi=10.1016/j.esp.2009.11.001|url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[File:Collaborative work.jpg|alt=A group of writers gather at a desk to collaborate|thumb|Collaborative writing may occur in face-to-face settings, when writers gather together in a shared location, or in digital settings when writers are separated by both time and distance.]]