Writer's block, an owner's guide: Research
I’ve been away from this page for a month, for the same reason I offered you before. I really didn’t know how much work it is to set up a new psychotherapy practice. There’s very little published information about doing business in The Field, and what there is tends to be cuddly reassuring stuff about affirmations and support groups, for people who would rather not be reading business books at all. As one of the few therapists with an MBA, I’d like to write the missing book some day. But where will I find the time.
You know, it’s a long time since I’ve worked so hard. The last day job used to work me like a dog, but most days I could stop soon after quitting time and go home and do something else. Thank goodness I love doing the therapy, and I enjoy being a business owner again, and my life partner is committed to the same goals I am.
So, what am I doing in my copious free time? Two new academic projects, that’s what.
1. I’m taking part in NaNoWriMo (link opens in new window) again - yes, I’m setting out to write a novel in a month. As if that wasn’t enough, I’ve also undertaken to write a journal about the experience and to analyze it in psychological terms.
2. But that’s not all. Separately I’ve also undertaken to survey the other participants - tens of thousands of ‘em. If four per cent agree to take part in my project that’s, nobody knows yet, but maybe three thousand research participants to wrangle. Most of them will be asked to answer six easy check-box-type questions every day in November, so that would be a total of more than half a million responses to process. If you don’t hear from me for a little while, maybe I’m a tad busy, ya think? or maybe I crashed the server.
Want to read the results? Sure, provided you contribute to the work. Sign up for NaNoWriMo (this link opens in a new window) first and then go here.
Published on October 3, 2005 at 12:38 pm. Linking to this article? Thank you! The permanent address is http://www.todayiwrite.com/journal/research.html
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