| Description |
xviii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : motivation and writing - so what? -- 1. What is motivation? -- 2. Identifying your own motives -- 3. The achievement-motivated writer -- 4. The affiliation-motivated writer -- 5. The power-motivated writer -- 6. The writer with multiple motives -- 7. Discovering motives using reality testing -- 8. Motives, readers, and writers -- 9. Being overmotivated -- 10. Where writers are coming from -- 11. Assessing self-image -- 12. The impostor syndrome : "am I really a writer?" -- 13. Attribution theory -- 14. The problem-solving model : inside a motivated thinker -- 15. Motivating your creativity -- 16. The seven deadly myths of creativity -- 17. Overview of goal setting -- 18. Goal issues : finding your balance point -- 19. Styles of the creative process -- 20. Steps in the writing process -- 21. Parts of the work -- 22. Motivate your selling! -- 23. Demotivators -- 24. Superstitions -- 25. Recharging your motives -- 26. Motivate your learning -- 27. Workshops |
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28. When you are not writing -- 29. Support systems -- 30. Changing your motives -- 31. Last words -- App. Discovering your motives using the picture story exercise |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) |
| Subject |
Authorship.
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Authorship -- Psychological aspects.
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| LC no. |
2004028661 |
| ISBN |
1584654422 cloth alkaline paper |
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1584654538 paperback alkaline paper |
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