Morning y"all:
Tina, Wonderful pictures ty.
Phil: Big Congrats on Co-ordinator position.
Cowriting, verses writing alone, has always brought a lot of views into play, i have met some hit writers and great writers who write alone, but also co write..I met a few who only write alone, or with an artist, and some who never write alone,, of course I aint on any of those levels,, but.. I love writing,,,always have,, and I do write alone and i love to cowrite.
Some say co writing should be smooth and easy like hanging with a good friend
.MAB touts relationship, relationship, relationship,,, Nothing could be so important.
Its true u can write a song with anybody if you realy wish to, to me its like dating, I can write or go hang out with or date with anyone,, but sometimes there are those u may not want a 2nd date with..and yes i know that could include how a cowriter sees me,,lol.
Finding or forming a relationship is key..for me it also develops more naturaly if the writer has worked with MAB, or paid attention in these pages, or went to a few NSAI seminars ect.i find they undertsand the basics and language lol or remind Me of them when its needed ,,,,, hehe,,,on the other hand..sometimes I also like the wild abandon of an artist or writer who never learned all the craft,, it depends lol.....but either way I love songwriting 
Re: someone giving a songwriters circle, NSAI group , seminar , sugestions to write about, or someone giving sugestions in the Songramp writers room..
Its just my humble opinion but generaly that is not a cowrite, unless agreed to in advance.
Its sounded like a typical songwriter excersize, or something just meant to get you going into an idea for a song.
Chances are 5, 10 or 15 writers can use those same group of, words and come up with completly different songs, titles, melodies and so forth.
Many songwriter circles, books and seminars use these kind of excersizes to help stimulate creativity,, with no intent on them being a co write.
I am sure this type of excersize will be something you will learn at a NSAI,co-ordinator seminar.
There are a few times when Pro writers at a seminar may do a group cowrite, but the parameters are clearly explained before it starts.
I still remember very fondly the Songramp "Industry Insider Forum" group cowrite if you will, right here in MAB's Awesome forum.
I believe there were 10 people included, thanks to the ever Magnificant MAB, we learned tons, just from that song written right in here, in real time, we carried it through to a Pro Demo at Jay's studio on music row,and even followed it through a few publishing/sonplugger pitches.
Not only did we get an amazing song and songwriting lesson,,, and an awsome very picthable song, we got to also learn invaluable info about demos and pitches.
It was one of The absolute best experiences, with an amazing songwriting coach and person(MAB), and the icing on the cake, is instantly got to know 9 other awesome people who also love songwriting, who are life cowriters because of that song itself,,and in most cases friends, songwriter family and cowriters, who have written other songs together. Is and was very very cool..and yet only one cool thing,, in a million wonderful experiences of being around MAB..and because he took time then and ,,,,,still continues to take the time to be with us here.
Thanks a million for all you do MAB
Norman