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In general, like Laurel Richardson, the author finds qualitative research reports boring to read. This article shows how the use of creative nonfiction techniques can make such reports less boring. Creative nonfiction involves writing nonfiction using fiction techniques. Creative nonfiction arose in the 1960s when it was called “The New Journalism.” The word creative in creative nonfiction might imply that it does not keep to the facts, but the aim of creative nonfiction is to tell the truth, and this certainly applies in its application to writing qualitative research reports. The article describes a number of fiction techniques and illustrates them with examples drawn from creative nonfiction writings.

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This article presents a theoretical model for a program of research into the determinants of a professional's intention to par ticipate in continuing education. This model is based on Fishbein's (4) general theoretical framework. The adapted framework con sists of three components. The first component is the professional's attitude toward participating in continuing education. This atti tude is taken to be dependent on what the professional believes will be the consequences of participating and what value the pro fessional places on these consequences. The second component is related to the professional's perception of what most people who are important to the professional think about his or her participa tion. It is also related to the importance the professional places on these perceived expectations. The third component is related to the professional's personal beliefs about whether he or she should participate and to the professional's motivation to comply with these personal beliefs. For each component, items are pre sented which illustrate how the component might be assessed.