From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com   
      
   On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 1:18:57 AM UTC+1, Jymesion wrote:   
   >   
   > Nicky wrote:   
   > >If someone isn't motivated to write, the last thing I'd do is try to    
   >    
   > >motivate them. Without passion there's no point. I don't think there's    
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   > >anything intrinsically worthwhile about novel writing, and other uses    
   >    
   > >of time are arguably much more useful.   
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   > I know people who are reasonably decent writers but will never be   
   >    
   > published because they never finish anything (I sort of fit that   
   >    
   > description myself).    
      
   But, so what? I still don't see why it matters to you that they finish   
   something. If they want to they will and obliging them to do so seems   
   something of an imposition of your values from the grave. I mean I guess that   
   is what a will is, but I am puzzled    
   as to why finishing a novel is important?   
       
   > This would motivate them to finish at least one thing.    
   But what is so great about finishing a novel that you actively want other   
   people to do it?   
      
   > Whether that's a positive experience or not will vary from person to   
   >    
   > person. At the very least, it'd tell them something about their   
   >    
   > writing.   
      
   I'm not sure that it would.    
      
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