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Series:   Elements in Creativity and Imagination

Narrative Creativity

An Introduction to How and Why

Expected online publication date:  17 February 2025

Angus Fletcher  and
Mike Benveniste
Angus Fletcher
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Mike Benveniste
Affiliation:
Ohio State University

Summary

This Element offers a concise introduction to the theory and practice of narrative creativity. It distinguishes narrative creativity from ideation, divergent thinking, design thinking, brainstorming, and other current approaches to explaining and/or cultivating creativity. It explains the biological and neuroscientific origins of narrative creativity. It provides practical exercises, developed and tested in hundreds of classrooms and businesses, and validated independently by the US Army. It details how narrative creativity contributes to technological innovation, scientific progress, cultural growth, and psychological wellbeing. It describes how narrative creativity can be assessed. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Series: Elements in Creativity and Imagination
Online ISBN: 9781009614801
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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