Co-writing

[cameron]

Hello all,I've had a couple of people suggest co-writing to me. A recent Taxi critique mentioned it too. Frankly, the thought scares me a little bit, although I do see how someone who's strong at lyrics paired with someone who is strong with melodies could be a good thing. I also understand that it is advantageous to co-write with someone who is already published as 1) the song may get pitched by the other writer's publisher and 2) it might get your foot in the door with the publishing company. My questions are: 1) Unless you can find a staff writer who has writer's block and is behind on his one song per month commitment, would a published writer want to co-write with an unpublished one? 2) Why would a publishing company promote a song they'll only make 1/2 as much on?Thanks!Cameron