This paper presents eight suggestions for improving the chances for success of collaborative writing projects among scholars. Based on personal experience and semi-structured interviews with colleagues, eight "clues" for collaboration were identified: (1) a written pre-collaborative agreement; (2) an unambiguous work plan; (3) equal motivation on…

Discusses how gender studies reveal psychological and cultural sources of interpersonal conflict during collaboration. Notes that an awareness of these conflict sources enables scholars and teachers in technical communication to predict and ease interpersonal conflict among collaborators. (MM)