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Driven to Write ~ Mastery

Does a job where you will never get better at what you’re doing excite you? When you examine your ability to write, are you satisfied with what you produce, or rather are you motivated to get better? If the latter, to what extent does that motivation drive your writing? If as Daniel H. Pink claims […]

The Drive to Write ~ Autonomy

Which task would you rather do, one someone directs you to perform, or one you dreamed up on your own? Answer that question honestly, and you’ll understand why in his book Drive, author Daniel H. Pink argues Autonomy provides us with a powerful motivator for our work. As we previewed in our introduction, along with […]

The Drive to Write ~ Introduction

What drives you to Write? Where do you find motivation to write and keep writing? If I had to answer this question left to my own devices, I would offer some touchy feely reply about letting my imagination fly, coming up with interesting concepts for my stories, the ability to create worlds like ours or […]