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Update on Creativity Research
Hello all!
I wanted to give you an update on the research project. So far 20 brave souls have volunteered to participate in my survey. A great big THANK YOU goes out to them. Tell your friends! [wink] I'm still looking for 10-20 more folks, so for any of you who might not be on the forum daily, I wanted to give you a brief summary of what the heck I'm talking about.
I'm doing a study of fiction writers, which is ultimately designed to (hopefully) provide a new definition of creativity that doesn't rely on novelty (which is what is emphasized in most of the research literature on the topic). The study consists of a survey with 2 parts (approximately 100 questions) regarding your writing habits, opinions about the craft, and a number of other things. There is also a writing task. The prompt is very broad and the word limit is 1,000, so if you happen to have something already written that fits the criteria, you're more than welcome to use that as your writing sample. You've got plenty of time to complete it, as I know you're all very busy people and it's hard to get something like this done in one sitting. So I'm aiming for a 2 week completion window.
If you are interested (c'mon, you know you're just the teeniest bit curious!), please send an email to creativityresearch@gmail.com. Some parties have raised concerns about spam. A) Psychologically spammers like to attack large groups of people and wouldn't look for such a specific subset as I am, B) I created an account specifically to handle all email related to the study to avoid spam myself, and also to keep things organized, C) I wanted to keep the survey low tech because, frankly, my skills with html and web design are limited at best, and D) If you're REALLY concerned, you can call the folks at the Mississippi State University Office of Regulatory Compliance at 662-325-0994 and ask them about the study being done by Kathleen Gresham (that would be me).
So c'mon out and participate! Thanks!
Kathleen
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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. -- W. Somerset Maugham
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.-- Cyril Connolly
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