Writer's block, an owner's guide: NaNoWriMo research, further update

I presented my recent writer’s block research at the Saybrook research center last week, and here’s a summary of that information. And here’s a summary of the summary: on a productive writing day, people were likely to be feeling purposeful (rather than playful), and motivated by thoughts of competence, of other people and (possibly this one’s because of the unusual research setting) of complying with established rules. Some of this surprised me.

People who did not give up on their novels, while others were dropping out, scored higher on three of these four scales.

Something that surprised me was how strongly regular contact with me was linked to productive writing, and to endurance. I must start renting myself out.

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