Psychology for Writers Who Smile JFM The psychology of creative writing is hard for readers. No reader truly understands creative writing; no writer truly understands creative writing. You can win with reading, you can win with writing. Creative writing is for no one who happens. Creative writing is the next sentence in play. You must always call the next. You must call the next strategy. You must call the next job. Psychology is for men who make money: writing is for men who don’t make money. You do sometimes trick this: psychologists can make nothing, writers can make far more. Writing is a far more fun vocation. I hate psychology -- but sometimes I hate writing. Psychology hates writers. All writers need psychology. You are writing for yourself. Psychologists do not work for themselves: writers do. You should write for some hope. You should always use strategy. You should always call for money. Writers need money, writers need to invest, and writers need food. Writ...