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Share creative work after completing it for intrinsic
Share creative work after completing it for intrinsic reasons rather than constructing work to perform for an anticipated audience to preserve creative motivation quality.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from The three basic psychological needs are autonomy, (autonomy, competence, relatedness satisfy psychological needs), Extrinsic motivation (reward from external recognition) (extrinsic rewards undermine intrinsic motivation), and Human motivation exists on a spectrum from controlled to (human motivation exists on spectrum from controlled to autonomous). The principle prescribes temporal sequencing — create first for yourself, share afterward — to protect intrinsic creative motivation.