Individual writing process involves a person working on writing tasks independently, making decisions and revisions on their own. Collaborative writing process involves multiple people working together to create a piece of writing, sharing ideas, responsibilities, and contributing to the final product as a team.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill website has a very good writing centre which includes lots of information about group writing. There is a handout that you can print out which has a lot of information about collaborative writing.

Movies are a collaborative effort, so, if you prefer to work alone, you would be much happier writing novels.

__________ is a popular collaborative online encyclopedia

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

collaborative \col*lab"o*rat*ive\, a.

accomplished by collaboration; cooperative; as, collaborative

effort of industry and the universities. Opposed to

competitive.

[PJC]

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From WordNet (r) 2.0:

collaborative

adj : accomplished by collaboration; "collaborative research"