tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post7522301585559728249..comments2023-12-26T23:07:08.005-08:00Comments on TOMORROWVILLE: Motivate Your Writing! by Stephen P Kelner, Jr (Part 2)David Isaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-86234510560976912602009-11-11T15:46:39.785-08:002009-11-11T15:46:39.785-08:00Hi, Steve--
I enjoyed your commment so much that ...Hi, Steve--<br /><br />I enjoyed your commment so much that I decided to promote it to a post so that others could enjoy it as well.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-89712623740571529942009-11-01T20:48:44.893-08:002009-11-01T20:48:44.893-08:00Hi, folks -- happened to Google myself (probably a...Hi, folks -- happened to Google myself (probably a side effect of too much Power motive) and found a recent reference to my several-year-old book, which was a nice surprise. Thanks for the shout-out, David, and a pretty pithy summary of the motives, too. <br />For the record, it was a working title (exclamation point and all), and my editor kept it. I expected him to change it, to be honest. Who am I to question? <br />Just FYI, the standard deviation -- average variation around the mean -- for Activity Inhibition is 0.25, which means anyone with 18 is beyond the beyond as far as the ability to channel or manage their motives, even if you are teddibly British.<br />(I've had opportunities to work with a lot of Brits over the years, and having 18 would still qualify you by a mammoth margin, I think.)<br />One reason I wrote this, David, was because even experienced award-winning writers get stuck sometimes, and because motives are nonconscious, they may not know what to do about it or why it happened. (It's all in the book, as you know.) One writer who was already pretty productive told me she got more so after I advised her on her motives, so that's not bad either. (She tweaked her writing group practices.)<br />By the way, I finally broke academic habit and started referring to the Power motive as the Influence motive, which is much more neutral. All three names really suck, and David McClelland, the genius who really made this research live, used to complain about that all the time. Such is academia.<br />Best,<br />Steve Kelner (still on LiveJournal, LinkedIn)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-28379523890508869602009-10-12T10:42:36.935-07:002009-10-12T10:42:36.935-07:00Hi, Neil--
I'm giggling because I hadn't ...Hi, Neil--<br /><br />I'm giggling because I hadn't (there I go again) noticed. (Oops. Does no-ticed count?)<br /><br />I don't know if you need a full 36, but I suspect that at a mere 18 you're probably shouting poetry at the sky like a drunken Dylan Thomas.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-9319517257115179952009-10-12T10:34:32.510-07:002009-10-12T10:34:32.510-07:00You've never heard of PSE before? Honest, it&#...You've never heard of PSE before? Honest, it's a common psychological tool. (A stupid one, perhaps, but common. At least as common as ink blots.) You can tell it's a legitimate research tool because it has such an unappealing, pedestrian name.<br /><br />I'm not sure what an overuse of bangs! (as some printers call them) indicates, other than a writer who needs to be stopped. (Although I admit that it's also something is see in the writing of a lot of 7-10 year-olds. Because it's fun! It's loud! It's like SHOUTING!)David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-60601255468694744122009-10-12T01:21:29.445-07:002009-10-12T01:21:29.445-07:00David, did you include that last paragraph simply ...David, did you include that last paragraph simply to qualify as a writer?<br /><br />And does that mean as British writers Tim and I require 36 n*ts each to qualify?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144414770507110557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-11392040299249137362009-10-12T00:09:37.910-07:002009-10-12T00:09:37.910-07:00I've never heard of "PSE" before. I...I've never heard of "PSE" before. It sounds a tad far-fetched, but I can certainly buy into the idea of writers channelling much of their inner life into their work.<br /><br />I wonder what the PSE says about a writer who litters his work, even his titles, with exclamation marks!!Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.com