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

High Ability Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-123

  Kaufman, James C ^a   Gentile, Claudia A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 0348002110     PISSN: 13598139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359813022000048770     Document Type: Article

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