title: Self-control techniques of famous novelists.
abstract: A statement by a famous contemporary novelist is presented that indicates how he and others, independently of formal behaviorism, used behavioristic methods-specifically, self-recording charts and regularly scheduled daily work hours-to accelerate and maintain their writing outputs. On the basis of his statement and an analysis of his self-recorded data, it is argued that a meaningful and useful analogy can be drawn between writing a novel and emitting a simple operant response on a fixed-ratio schedule.
authors.affiliation: Authors Guild and Authors League of America.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wallace