Matthew Porritt, Andrew Burt, & Alan Poling. (2006)
Increasing fiction writers’ productivity through an internet-based intervention.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
39, 393-397.
Ten participants from an online community of fiction writers were
exposed to a treatment package intended to increase their writing
productivity. The package consisted of graphic feedback provided
through a Web page, praise for goal completion delivered via e-mail,
and editing of manuscripts by other members of the community dependent
on the completion of word-count goals. A multiple baseline design
across groups was used to evaluate the effects of the intervention,
which was successful in increasing the number of words written.
DESCRIPTORS: treatment package, graphic feedback, praise,
writing productivity, Internet-based intervention