This timely work provides a new perspective on the study of writing. Brand studies the affective aspects of writing, writer’s emotional arousal, and processes. Current work in the field is dominated by the cognitive view, the intellectual process of writing. Brand argues that to be complete, theories of writing must include the affective component. Empirical studies of five groups are presented in the book–college writers, advanced expository writers, professional writers, student poets, and teachers of writing. Examined are the intensity and frequency of 20 emotional states experienced while writing.
The Psychology of Writing: The Affective Experience (Contributions in Psychology)
Topics: affective aspects, cognitive view, college writers, emotional states, empirical studies, intensity, new perspective, professional writers, student poets, timely work