Why aren't writing teams on novels more common?

It seems like the final product would be considerably better and editing much easier if a team of two wrote a novel, bouncing ideas and criticism off each other. Having a single author lengthens the process and creates a vision that is not complete, or at worst doubts itself.

Probably because most authors write books from their own heart (lol gay) and they feel like working with another person would impede or stunt their own creativity if they're being held back (even from stupid shit) by someone else

what a dumb, outmoded idea.

Who do you think writes all that YA stuff?

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sorry my man it just seems anachronistic and romantic for its own sake. like writing with a typewriter, or using an inkwell.

Look at other forms of media; they consistently have writing teams and they're awful.

This is what professional editors are for.

DFW said that Infinite Jest was originally something like 1,450 pages, and his editor brought it down to about 1,000.

Brett Easton Ellis wrote Less than Zero from the third person, but his editor realized that the main character's perspective (or lack thereof) was the most interesting thing about the novel, and asked him to rewrite it in the first person.

Stephen King's earlier books are widely regarded as more cohesive than his later ones because his editors had more input before he became famous.

Novels are written by teams of two, but only the author does the literal "writing." The editor plays an important role, though.

Shut the fuck up faggot

Yeah, most of the best movies have one or two writers. Any movie with a whole team of writers will invariably suck. Just look at The Emoji Movie and how somehow they needed six people to write it.