The real drawback when you write with a partner is that where you want it to go and where they want it to go is similar, but not exactly lined up, and that's where it's going to lead you into trouble.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We like writing with each other; it's fun.
I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.
It's easier to write from my own life, and it's also more fun. I always write about relationships, for instance, whether they're romantic relationships, friendships, encounters... there's always a lesson to be learned from them.
With relationships, I've been through a lot of different situations with different people, and I write about it.
It's so much easier to write for a person in your life than to write for some imagined readership, so you write something that's more intimate and true.
It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
With writing, I love doing it, but there's that love-hate relationship: You're not having a good run, you've hit a wall; it's frustrating.
The only drawback is once the work is done you rarely see each other.
The writing partnership is a good collaboration for the same reason the marriage works, which is two people who can stand alone choosing to stand together.