This paper, the first of several, reports on a research survey of more than 900 authors to investigate the early influences on writers and their current practices, motivations and benefits, and the barriers they face. It demonstrates that writers of all ages and health profiles derive immense satisfaction from their craft despite often despite often having to employ elaborate time-management strategies to make space for their writing. A particular feature of the survey was the outstanding quality and quantity of the answers to the open-ended questions; these provide great insight into the author voice. The survey, which aimed to fill a research gap into writer motivation and which is thought to be one of the largest of its kind could be of interest to writers themselves, the creative economy, the education sector, the health sector and to those connected with the happiness agenda.

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是什么造就了作家？早期影响如何塑造和工作习惯，那些写作者？

本文是多篇论文中的第一篇，报告了对 900 多位作者的研究调查，以调查对作家的早期影响及其当前实践、动机和利益，以及他们面临的障碍。它表明，尽管经常不得不采用精心设计的时间管理策略来为他们的写作腾出空间，但所有年龄段和健康状况的作家都从他们的手艺中获得了极大的满足。调查的一个特点是对开放式问题的回答的质量和数量都非常出色；这些提供了对作者声音的深刻洞察。该调查旨在填补对作家动机的研究空白，被认为是同类调查中规模最大的调查之一，作家本人、创意经济、教育部门、