Creative writing
Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary tropes or with various traditions of poetry and poetics. Due to the looseness of the definition, it is possible for writing such as feature stories to be considered creative writing, even though it falls under journalism, because the content of features is specifically focused on narrative and character development. Both fictional and non-fictional works fall into this category, including such forms as novels, biographies, short stories, and poems. In the academic setting, creative writing is typically separated into fiction and poetry classes, with a focus on writing in an original style, as opposed to imitating pre-existing genres such as crime or horror. Writing for the screen and stage—screenwriting and playwriting—are often taught separately, but fit under the creative writing category as well.Creative writing can technically be considered any writing of original composition. In this sense, creative writing is a more contemporary and process-oriented name for what has been traditionally called literature, including the variety of its genres. In her work, ''Foundations of Creativity'', Mary Lee Marksberry references Paul Witty and Lou LaBrant's ''Teaching the People's Language'' to define creative writing. Marksberry notes:
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2by McEwin, EmmaContributors: “...School of Humanities : English and Creative Writing...”
Published 2015
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3by Lehtimäki MarkkuContributors: “...kirjallisuustieteet ja kirjoittaminen, Literary Studies and Creative Writing...”
Published 2022
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4Contributors: “...kirjallisuustieteet ja kirjoittaminen, Literary Studies and Creative Writing...”
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5by Purvis, AprilContributors: “...College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English and Comparative Literature – Creative Writing...”
Published 2017
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6by Molloy, Jennifer LorraineContributors: “...School of Humanities : English and Creative Writing and Film...”
Published 2024
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7by Darling-McQuistan, Kirsten, Ekberg, Niclas, Snow, Kathy, Alerby, Eva, Curtis, Liz, Nutti, Ylva Jannock, Education in the NorthContributors: “...University of Aberdeen.WORD Centre for Creative Writing...”
Published 2023
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