The Will, the Wit, the Judgement: The importance of an early start in productive and successful creative writing

Kaufman, James C.; Gentile, Claudia

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“…For 83% of the sample, the earliest published work to appear in Norton came 10 years after this date or later. Both poets and fiction writers developed mechanics and cognitive writing skills for 15-20 years before first publishing (Kaufman & Gentile, 2002). Childhood story writing was so commonly mentioned in Henry's (2000;p.…”

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Improving the writing skills of college students

Kellogg

Raulerson

2007

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

188

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Advanced writing skills are an important aspect of academic performance as well as of subsequent workrelated performance. However, American students rarely attain advanced scores on assessments of writing skills (National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2002). In order to achieve higher levels of writing performance, the working memory demands of writing processes should be reduced so that executive attention is free to coordinate interactions among them. This can in theory be achieved through deliberate practice that trains writers to develop executive control through repeated opportunities to write and through timely and relevant feedback. Automated essay scoring software may offer a way to alleviate the intensive grading demands placed on instructors and, thereby, substantially increase the amount of writing practice that students receive.

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Section: Deliberate Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Improving the writing skills of college students

Kellogg

Raulerson

2007

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

188

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“…Precocity. In the Western world, creative genius is positively associated with creative precocity (e.g., Kaufman & Gentile, 2002; Raskin, 1936; Simonton, 1977b, 1991a,b). That is, the more eminent the creator the earlier was the age when he or she first made a major contribution to the domain.…”

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Creativity in Eastern and Western Civilizations: The Lessons of Historiometry

Simonton¹,

Ting

2010

Manag. Organ. Rev.

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What are the fundamental factors that promote highly influential creativity? How do these factors differ in Western and Far Eastern civilizations? Many researchers have addressed these questions using historiometrics, a method that tests nomothetic hypotheses about human behaviour by subjecting historical and biographical data to objective and quantitative analyses. These investigations may entail either aggregate-level analyses (e.g., generational time series of creative activity) or individual-level analyses (e.g., cross-sectional studies of creative achievement). Moreover, the empirical findings in each of these two approaches fall into two categories of East-West comparisons: (i) shared variables and convergent results and (ii) shared variables and divergent results. After reviewing representative findings in each of these categories, we discuss what the results imply about the nature of high-impact creativity in the East and West and also explore areas of potential future historiometric research.

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“…Simonton found that poets peak markedly earlier than novelists (Simonton, 1975(Simonton, , 1997 and poets produce twice as much of their lifetime output in their twenties as novelists do (Simonton, 1984). Kaufman and Gentile (2002) found that an early start is essential for success in poetry, but showed no such relationship with a novelist's career productivity or awards. An investigation of successful fiction writers might expect to see both later debuts and later peaks than a study of different types of writers.…”

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Ten Years to Expertise, Many More to Greatness: An Investigation of Modern Writers

Kaufman¹,

Kaufman²

2007

Journal of Creative Behavior

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The “ten‐year rule” suggests that it takes about 10 years of preparation to reach “expert” status. How long does it take, however, for someone to reach a level of creative greatness? Through an analysis of 215 contemporary fiction writers, we found that these writers took an average of 10.6 years between their first publication and their best publication, although there was a high degree of variability. This tentatively suggests that at least for modern fiction writers, a second phase after the first ten years may be crucial for achieving eminence. We discuss these findings in the context of results found in other domains of creativity, along with limitations and future directions.

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The Will, the Wit, the Judgement: The importance of an early start in productive and successful creative writing

Cited by 18 publications

References 11 publications

Improving the writing skills of college students

Improving the writing skills of college students

Creativity in Eastern and Western Civilizations: The Lessons of Historiometry

Ten Years to Expertise, Many More to Greatness: An Investigation of Modern Writers

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