Novels, plays, poems, essays, fiction, creative nonfiction... creative writing is limitless.
Writers can take their creativity anywhere they please and bring readers to places unimaginable, but what is creative writing? - It is an art of sort. The writer has to call upon his or her imagination to guide the writing. The writer can create characters, scenes, events, and even a world beyond the one that we know.
Writers can take their creativity anywhere they please and bring readers to places unimaginable, but what is creative writing? - It is an art of sort. The writer has to call upon his or her imagination to guide the writing. The writer can create characters, scenes, events, and even a world beyond the one that we know.
Throughout the site and our presentation you will specifically look at Fan Fiction, Modernizing Texts, Puppetry and Script Writing. Below are some other examples:
The origin of creative writing is said to had began orally and through pictures. Cavemen told stories of hunting. Moral, ethical and cultural codes were shaped based off creative story telling. When written word began, stories, fables, and other creative writings were recorded. The printing press allowed for these writings to be mass produced. Theater, radio, television and the internet have allowed for the creative storytelling to expand to a wider audience and become limitless.
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Why You Should Bring Creative Writing into the Classroom - Current Research
Creative writing allows students to choose what they want to write about. The freedom motivates them to write. The use of creative writing has also proven to improve cognitive and communicative skills.
Temizkan, M. (2011). The effect of creative writing activities on the story writing skill. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 11 (2), 933-939.
Morrell and Rowlands (2011) found that the use of creative writing and allowing students to write using their imaginations, led the students to enjoy writing. The students' writings also showed that they developed the trait of voice in their writing.
Brown, M., Morrell, J., & Rowlands, K. D. (2011). Transforming young writers' attitudes toward writing and becoming writers. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED531021.pdf.
Students want to discuss their writings when they are creative. This leads to a feeling of a classroom community, as well as students building their interpersonal skills. Students also learn to think on their own, and how to develop their thoughts.
Warren, J., Morgan, M. M., Morris, L. B., & Morris, T. M. (2010). Breathing words slowly: Creative writing and counselor self-care--the writing workout. Journal Of Creativity In Mental Health, 5(2), 109-124.
Pardlow (2003) found that it was easier to teach the writing process and that students did not experience any writer's block when the writing was creative. They knew what they wanted to write about. He also found that the writing was better organized and more developed.
Pardlow, D. (2003). Finding new voices: Notes from a descriptive study of why and how I learned to use creative-writing pedagogy to empower my composition students--and myself. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED474934.pdf
Creative writing helps English language learners with language acquisition. These students can write about topics that they already know about, and they can use a variety of different words while they express themselves. The use of creative writing for these students motivates them to write because it is considered fun.
Iida, Atsushi . (2012). The journal of literature in language teaching.The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching. Retrieved from http://www.academia.edu/3788091/Creative_writing_as_an_important_tool_in_second_language_acquisition_and_practice
Councelors explained how creative writing helped their patients that were students deal with their lives and turn toward self-care.
Warren, J., Morgan, M. M., Morris, L. B., & Morris, T. M. (2010). Breathing words slowly: Creative writing and counselor self-care--the writing workout. Journal Of Creativity In Mental Health, 5(2), 109-124.
Temizkan, M. (2011). The effect of creative writing activities on the story writing skill. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 11 (2), 933-939.
Morrell and Rowlands (2011) found that the use of creative writing and allowing students to write using their imaginations, led the students to enjoy writing. The students' writings also showed that they developed the trait of voice in their writing.
Brown, M., Morrell, J., & Rowlands, K. D. (2011). Transforming young writers' attitudes toward writing and becoming writers. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED531021.pdf.
Students want to discuss their writings when they are creative. This leads to a feeling of a classroom community, as well as students building their interpersonal skills. Students also learn to think on their own, and how to develop their thoughts.
Warren, J., Morgan, M. M., Morris, L. B., & Morris, T. M. (2010). Breathing words slowly: Creative writing and counselor self-care--the writing workout. Journal Of Creativity In Mental Health, 5(2), 109-124.
Pardlow (2003) found that it was easier to teach the writing process and that students did not experience any writer's block when the writing was creative. They knew what they wanted to write about. He also found that the writing was better organized and more developed.
Pardlow, D. (2003). Finding new voices: Notes from a descriptive study of why and how I learned to use creative-writing pedagogy to empower my composition students--and myself. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED474934.pdf
Creative writing helps English language learners with language acquisition. These students can write about topics that they already know about, and they can use a variety of different words while they express themselves. The use of creative writing for these students motivates them to write because it is considered fun.
Iida, Atsushi . (2012). The journal of literature in language teaching.The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching. Retrieved from http://www.academia.edu/3788091/Creative_writing_as_an_important_tool_in_second_language_acquisition_and_practice
Councelors explained how creative writing helped their patients that were students deal with their lives and turn toward self-care.
Warren, J., Morgan, M. M., Morris, L. B., & Morris, T. M. (2010). Breathing words slowly: Creative writing and counselor self-care--the writing workout. Journal Of Creativity In Mental Health, 5(2), 109-124.