Editing Creative writing (section)

{{short description|Academic discipline concerned with creating literature}}
{{For|the television episode|Creative Writing (My Name Is Earl)}}
'''Creative writing''' is any writing that goes beyond the boundaries of normal [[professional writing|professional]], [[journalistic]], [[Academic writing|academic]], or [[technical writing|technical]] forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on craft and technique, such as [[narrative structure]], [[Characterization|character development]], [[Trope (literature)|literary tropes]], genre, and [[poetics]]. Both [[fiction]]al and [[non-fiction]]al works fall into this category, including such forms as [[novel]]s, [[biography|biographies]], [[short stories]], [[poem]]s, and even some forms of [[journalism]]. In academic settings, 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 fiction|crime]] or [[Horror fiction|horror]]. Writing for the screen and stage&mdash;[[screenwriting]] and [[Playwright|playwriting]]&mdash;are often taught separately, but fit under the creative writing category as well.