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How Time Constraints in a Creativity Support Tool Affect the Creative Writing Experience

Authors:

Michael Mose Biskjaer,

Lindsay MacDonald Vermeulen,

Christian Remy,

Peter DalsgaardAuthors Info & Claims

ECCE '19: Proceedings of the 31st European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics

Pages 100 - 107

https://doi.org/10.1145/3335082.3335084

Published: 10 September 2019 Publication History

Abstract

Being able to write ‘on cue’ is critical in text-based, creative domains, since time is often a limited resource. Although numerous digital-interactive Creativity Support Tools (CSTs) are available, writing applications with features to support creative writing as a time-constrained activity have scarcely evolved since the 1960s. This is striking, since studies show that time constraints may benefit creativity. We present an exploratory survey-based, qualitative user experience study of how a writing application prototype designed to accelerate text production by imposing time constraints affects a creative writing task among high school students (n=45). Using thematic analysis, we report how implicit and explicit time constraints built into the GUI (graphical user interface) influence how users experience time pressure and the quantity vs. quality, initiation, and revision of their creative writing process. We discuss how writing applications may develop to incorporate time constraints to support creative writing, as well as the need for increased tool literacy.

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