Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Well, we should get the New Readers back, seeing how we’re done with that most recent, “Damn! We thought we were strange with a personality theory predicated on three characteristic types of relationships with the world.”
oh well.
Lets do a Doctrine 101 RePrint so we can spend some time getting into character for our participation in the Six Sentence Story bloghop tomorrow.
ok… just got to hit ‘Paste’…what? Who said, ‘You know, as much as you find engaging in self-promotion distasteful, you might consider that there are a number of reasons rogerian writers and authors tend to be so popular. There is serious, secret flaw in the predominant worldview of a clark, that while exceeding the scope and time available in this post, bears keeping in mind.
Since the majority of people are rogers and rogers rely on both consensus and referential authority, a clark might benefit by suspendering their instinct to avoid scrutiny and lay some, “Dude! Everyone was right, that was a really good story!” What else ya gots?” (Full Disclosure: a little of your Narrator’s secondary scottian aspect is kinda bleeding through there. That said, it is axiomatic of this personality theory that one’s secondary (and tertiary) aspects are resources to employ not to avoid.
…Hey! Narrator! Everyone says you write a decent noir serial story. What’s your favorite line? Come on! Lay it on us!
(ok) if it’ll get you to stop reminding us to use this thing to self-improve ourselfs, here ya go:
I live alone, in a too-big house, in an upscale suburban neighborhood.
I used to have a dog. I used to have a wife.
My wife divorced me and my dog died.I really miss the dog.
Chapter 2 ‘the Case of the Missing Starr‘ [an Ian Devereaux Mystery]
There! Satisfied?
Where’s Sy Sperling when you need him? ok, as promised an early Post on how to get the most fun out of our little personality theory.
“block quotes and bullet points” the Wakefield Doctrine 3 personality types…easy to learn, fun to use
September 3, 2012Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
I was sitting on my deck this afternoon, watching our dog, Una. Our yard is fairly small but is surrounded by a pine woods. Una was sitting on the lawn, watching the woods for intruders and other threats and I sat in my chair staring at the woods. All of a sudden there was a sound of cracking wood and through a nearby grove of trees, I watched a medium size tree fall. Accompanied by the sound of splintering tree limbs and cracking wood, it fell over. Without thinking and in a fairly loud voice, “I heard that!” in the silence that followed, I started laughing. (From …Tales of clarks)
The Wakefield Doctrine, today’s Post Title tells us, purports to be easy to learn and fun to use. Two questions:
- how easy
- what the hell do you mean ‘use‘
Easy as pie! To be honest* it would be better to describe the process (of learning the Doctrine) as being simple, rather than easy. Simple for those Readers with the quality of flexible intelligence, those who are comfortable using their imagination as well as they brains. The good news is, that if you are still reading this Post, you no doubt qualify.
See? That was pretty damn easy, non?Use (our little Doctrine) in whatever manner you feel gives you the maximum benefit. This is where the Wakefield Doctrine totally has the advantage over those other personality theories! Learn about the three worldviews that are the foundation of the Doctrine and you can:
- amuse yourself watching people, people you know, people you don’t know.
- amuse your friends
- improve your own life, break habits…get new ones!
- hang out (virtualistically speaking) with people from all the hell over the globe, the people who come here and learn the Doctrine
- be a part of something that no one else in your family/group of friends/co-workers even come close to knowing about
So… since today is Monday/not-Monday go ahead and give the Wakefield Doctrine a try! Have some fun with it. …you know, (I’m talking to the clarks out there) you will have some questions, ask us and we will answer. I personally guarantee that you will not regret asking the questions… because it is nearly totally certain that one of us have had the same concern. Come on! you know you want to…lol* always suspect the person is lying when you hear a statement like this! As our Wikipedian friends would have us understand:
Psychological projection or projection bias is a psychological defense mechanism where a person subconsciously denies his or her own attributes, thoughts, and emotions, which are then ascribed to the outside world, usually to other people. Thus, projection involves imagining or projecting the belief that others originate those feelings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection )How about a little borrowed music?
About clarkscottroger
Happy Wednesday! Yes, that’s all I have today, there’s way too much going on right now.
totally is enough… we benefit by knowing that much is going on (and we trust it is good stuff)… the Doctrine is always a place to connect without a transactional bias
I enjoyed reading Chapter 1 of the detective story.
The reader can be helped if at the bottom (or top) of the post, there are links to previous Chapter, and link to Next Chapter. I went from Ch. 1 to Ch. 29. Maybe its meant to show only the beginning and the end?
I will look into that… there are 29 chapters in between… lol if you would like I could send you what should be a link to the whole story
Please send me the story link.
May I write a review? I can try to direct some traffic to it.
Attached is the link that should allow you to read ‘the Case of the Missing Starr‘ in it’s entirety.
Certainly.
That would be lovely
You missed it? My ongoing review link which I posted in last week’s TToT. I’m still tweaking the contents and post title. Have you checked your site stats? To see how many actually visited.
I did.
I returned.
I read it.
I smile.
ty for the most excellent reviewage on ‘…Missing Starr’
I took the liberty of adding you to the Doctrine’s blogroll (‘Friends of the Doctrine’), I trust you don’t mind.
thank you again for the review
v cool
Thanks.
I have a few suggestions and you can always ignore them…
You might like to edit your author’s byline to beef it up … add links to your books/ websites.
Design a fake book cover or a temporary book cover for each book. You can always blog about what you’re doing in WakefieldDoctrine, where your regular and new readers follow. You know about redirecting readers to older works.
Are you interested in an author’s interview? Sample https://artmater.com/reviewing-sunflower-tanka-poetry-from-franci-hoffman-eugi-from-moonwashed-weekly-prompt/
You can do it that way, or send me your answers to include in my blog post. I’ll include your links.
I happened to mis-type this blog name as “thewakefielddoctrine.com” and saw that someone may have bought that domain, and parked it for reselling. I thought you might want to know and maybe take action to protect all your domain names. Or write a disclaimer on fakes. Or maybe ignore opportunists who follow trails to pick crumbs.
Hey, you’re that famous for people to imitate you!
I’m sorry, did you say something?*
Jumping to the last paragraph.. thank you for the heads-up! as it happens when I went to self-hosting (after a couple of years of wordpress free (.com) I did get a bit cautious and, in fact, registered the ‘thewakefielddoctrine.com’ url. (my name should not be visible as the owner,… we meant what we said in an earlier comment about how, as a clark, we’re rather into the privacy thing… lol (chapters and posts have been written on clarks in that regard)
Alas, I have not yet published ‘…Missing Starr’, or, for that matter my second semi-completed story, ‘Blog Dominion’
An Interview would be fun… send your questions to whatever email works for you
thanks again for all the interest in our little personality theory
*lol being on the blogroll entitles you to the sometimes questionable level of humor ’round here
No, I didn’t see your name but it appeared on a webpage with a bluehost heading. Sorry, I was mistaken that somebody else got that domain.
I wrote “fake book cover” because your book isn’t published yet. When somebody submits a book review to a blogger who hosts online book club recommendations, its good to post the book cover image too. You know, like a standard book review. Never mind if its not really published.
There are “men’s book clubs” and “women’s book clubs” and gender specific blog circles/ blog hop. You can try to submit a book review in the men’s/ boys’ blog circle. After I get that review ready, I’ll submit to 3; that’s all I know for now.
I’ll prepare some questions & get in touch when its ready.
Thank you.
Here’s the author’s interview list of questions. You can add questions or edit anything according to your liking. I hope this list will be helpful towards your goals. Thanks.
1. Where did you get your inspiration to write this mystery story?
2. Did you use the plotting or the pantser style?
3. Have you encountered writer’s block while writing this story? If yes, how did you overcome it?
4. What are your plans for this manuscript? Are you searching for a publisher?
5. What are your other stories which you would like to introduce to new readers? If your works are online, please mention their links.
Having heard the crackling wood sound makes it logical. It would be creepy if the tree fell soundlessly.
I was riffing off an old saying ‘If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?’