Notes on the Psychology of Writing
指出写作的根本问题在于情感态度,尤其是开放与信任,并提出一种可能诱发这些态度的写作方法,可用于帮助写作困难者。
Most psychological research on expository writing is conducted within a purely cognitive paradigm. Writing provides a test case of its generality because the claims which writers make about their experience are incompatible with any purely cognitive model. We maintain that the fundamental problem of writing is affective, concerned specifically with the attitudes of openness and trust. A method of writing is presented which we conjecture induces such attitudes. Its efficacy may be tested on individuals suffering from writing difficulties.