Question of the Day

So... first rehearsal for The Honest-To-God True Story of the Atheist is today and thus things are very very hectic here at Parabasis central. So let me instead offer a question of the day...

What to you are the aspects of a successful collaboration?

Comments

[Director]

Communication, communication, communication. And a willingness to keep your promises.

Too many times have I seen directors and designers get upset because someone didn't communicate their desires clearly, or because someone didn't follow up on a promise kept.

[Ben]

Preparation.
Listening.
Care.

[Lucas Krech]

Good Art.

Some collaborations you will fight and scream like banshees. Others will be lovefests like a timewarp back to 1968. Some are like the Brady Bunch others look like your typical Maury Pauvich couple. Communication works, communication fails. Often some or all in of these will coexists at the same and different times.

This is irrelevant though, if the art fails the collaboration fails.

[VW (SF Actor)]

what I see above plus - clear definitions of who will be responsible for what - if there are elements that a single person needs to have ownership of, for whatever reason - that needs to be upfront and okayed by the group. When someone in a collective pulls rank in the heat of the moment, and without warning that this is their perogative, it's difficult to move forward.

[floyd britchcraft]

sex