"Make it uglier. Make it hurt. Make it real": Narrative construction of the creative writer's identity

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 127-136

  Day, Susan X ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 11244258805     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326934CRJ1401_10     Document Type: Article

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