YOUR E-MAIL:

YOUR COUNTRY:

01. Name:

02. Age:

03. Mother Tongue:

04. Language(s) of Writing:

05. Education:

06. Religion/Community:

07. Casty (if any):

08. Marital Status (Tick appropriate box):
Married Single Living together Divorced Separated Widowed

09. Employment (other then writer):

10. Family/Household Income (approx.per annum):

11. Genre of writing: (Tick appropriate box(es))
Letters
Diary
Poetry
Short Story
Novel
Essay
Autobiography
Memoirs
Play
Script ( for film, Tv, etc.)
Journalistic writing
Spiritual writing
Academic writing
Any other. Please specify:

12. Age at which you started writing:

13. Has your writing been published? YES NO

If the answer to this question is YES please answer questions 14 to 17. If is NO, please go to question 18.

14. Has your work been published: (Tick appropriate boxes)
As a book In an anthology In a journal In the mass media (magazine, news paper) Any other. Please specify:

15. Age at wich your writing was first published:

16. Has your work been published by:
Yourself ( i.e., at your own expense)
Public sector ( e.g., national/state bodies)
Private sector ( e.g., comercial publishers)
Cooperative sector ( e.g., literary societies, cooperatives)

17. Has your work been published:
Within the state
Within the country
Abroad. Was this by choice? YES NO

18. Has you faced any difficulties getting your writing publishing? YES NO

19. If Yes, what do you attribute the difficulties to?
Language
Style
Form
Subject
Ideas
Absence of publishers
Gender
Any other. Please specify:

20. Has your work been translated? YES NO
If yes, into which languages:

21. Have you ever had difficulties in getting your works reviewed? YES NO

22. If Yes, what do you attribute the difficulties to?
Language
Style
Form
Subject
Ideas
Absence of publishers
Gender
Any other. Please specify:

23. Have you ever had difficulties in the sales of your work? YES NO

24. If Yes, what do you attribute the difficulties to?
Language
Style
Form
Subject
Ideas
Inaction of publishers
Gender
Any other. Please specify:

25. Have you faced any pressures from:
Publishers
Readers
Critics
Family
Community
Colleagues
Employers

26. If yes, for what reasons?
Language
Style
Form
Subject
Ideas
Gender
Any other. Please specify:

27. Do you have supportive relationship with fellow writers? (Thick de box if response is yes)

28. Have any of your female colleagues mentioned any above difficulties? YES NO
If yes, what are the difficulties? Specify:

29. Do you have a specific space for your activity either in your home or elsewhere? YES NO

30. If yes, has this chaged over time? YES NO
If yes, why?

31. When you write (which part of the day)

32. If yes, has this chaged over time? YES NO
If yes, why?

33. What has determine your choice of that time?

34. Has this change over the years? YES NO
If yes, why?

35. Do you write every day? YES NO

36. Has this change over time? YES NO
If yes, why? If no, why?

37. How much time do you devote to writing per day?

38. Has this change over time? YES NO
If yes, why? If no, why?

39. Are you able to write without interruption during the period you have set aside for writing? YES NO
If yes, how have you achieved this?
If no, what are the common causes of the interruptions?

40. Have you found this situation changing over the years? YES NO
If yes, How, why?

41. Have you ever been prevented from writing? YES NO
If yes, specify reasons/ under what circumstances?

42. Do you earn money from your writings? YES NO
If no, why not?

43. What part of the household income does your income from writing constitute?
The sole income The principal income The secondary income

44. Can you support yourself and your family (if any) with your income from writing?
YES NO

45. Have you been unable to complete a piece of writing? YES NO
If yes, specify reasons/under circumstances?

46. How many of your work have been left incomplete?

47. Have you attained the educational level you need/want? YES NO

48. Have your education been stopped/interrupted at any stage? YES NO

49. If yes, which of the following reasons would you name?
Economic
Social pressure
Family pressure
Marriage
Children
Any other. Please specify:

50. How do you respond to being described as a "woman writer"?

51. How has your writing been received by: (Use the codes bellow)
Your family
Peers
Community
Publishers
Readers
Critics
1. Very positive/encouraging 2. Negative/discouraging 3. Indifferent

52. If your work have been well receiced, what were the qualities for which they were praised/appreciated?

53. If your works have been criticised, what were they criticised for?

54. Have you faced any difficulties as a writer?YES NO

55. What were the reasons for the difficulties?
Time
Subject
Family pressure
Social pressure
Political pressure
Religious pressure
Self-censorship

56. Do you think any of this is because your gender?YES NO
Please elaborate:

57. Do you think there are any differences between the experiences of a male and a female writer?YES NO
Please elaborate:

58. Has your choice of subject been restrained/limited because you are a woman?YES NO

59. If yes, which subjects do you avoid?

60. What topics do you think women are forbidden to write about or are discouraged from writing about?

61. Is there something that you write only for yourself?YES NO
If so, what kind of writing? Why?