Motivate Your Writing! - Couverture souple

Kelner, Stephen P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1584654538 ISBN 13 : 9781584654537

Editeur : University Press of New England, 2005

Synopsis

Aspiring and professional writers alike struggle to stay motivated; in the face of distractions, obligations, and procrastination, the desire to write often fails to become the act of writing. Motivated writers, notes the author, are those who have learned to identify their fundamental emotional drives and who have established a writing routine that satisfies those drives. Kelner draws on the research and insights of motivational psychology to show writers how to harness the energy of these fundamental motivators. With a degree in motivational psychology, Kelner applies not only his training in the field but also his own original research into the motivational patterns typical of writers. Depending on their motivational profile, different writers will respond best to different kinds of feedback and rewards and will function best in different kinds of environments. Kelner explains the basic drives of power, affiliation, and achievement; he shows how these drives are manifested in a wide variety of behaviors; and he provides self-assessment tools to construct your own motivational profile. In clear and accessible terms, and with numerous examples and anecdotes, Kelner shows writers how they can identify their own primary drives and use that knowledge to arrange their work habits and energize their writing lives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stephen P. Kelner, Jr., has a Ph.D. in motivational psychology and is Global Knowledge Manager for Egon Zehnder International, a consulting and executive search firm. He has led numerous workshops for writers at conferences and bookstores based on the concepts in this book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of New England
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1584654538
• ISBN 13: 9781584654537
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible