Meanings
nouncreative writing (uncountable)
- uncountableThe art of writing texts such as novels, short stories and poems which fall outside the bounds of professional, journalistic, academic and technical discourse.
While an undergraduate at Mount Holyoke, she had the good fortune to take a creative-writing class at nearby Hampshire College with James Baldwin, who suggested she try playwriting, and, even though she feared he was just trying to politely steer her away from prose, she did.
2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times - uncountableSuch texts generally.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 創意寫作 /创意写作, 創意性寫作 /创意性写作
- 創意寫作 /创意写作 (chuàngyì xiězuò)written texts which fall outside the bounds of normal texts
- 創意性寫作 /创意性写作 (chuàngyìxìng xiězuò)written texts which fall outside the bounds of normal texts
Finnish luova kirjoittaminen
- luova kirjoittaminenwritten texts which fall outside the bounds of normal texts
Polish twórcze pisanie
- twórcze pisaniewritten texts which fall outside the bounds of normal texts
Romanian scriere creativă
- scriere creativăwritten texts which fall outside the bounds of normal texts
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