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Collaboration is Key to Fruitful Thinking

Writing, Reading, and Learning are All Best Accomplished Collaboratively

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Scott Postma
Feb 04, 2023
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Thoughts on Writing as a Collaborative Work

The central thesis of Diana Glyer’s jewel, Bandersnatch, is that books are created collaboratively, noting in her acknowledgements that “books should have a list of credits at the end, just like the movies.” Highlighting the Inklings as her model, she emphasizes their capacity to both elaborately praise and bru…

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