Editing Creative writing (section)

== Definition ==

Creative writing can technically be considered any writing of [[Originality|original]] [[Composition (language)|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 [[Literary genre|genre]]s. In her work, ''Foundations of Creativity'', Mary Lee Marksberry references Paul Witty and [[Lou L. LaBrant|Lou LaBrant]]'s ''Teaching the People's Language'' to define creative writing. Marksberry notes:

{{cquote|Witty and LaBrant...[say creative writing] is a composition of any type of writing at any time primarily in the service of such needs as
#the need for keeping records of significant experience,
#the need for sharing experience with an interested group, and
#the need for free individual expression which contributes to mental and physical health.<ref name="Marksberry">Marksberry, Mary Lee. ''Foundation of Creativity.'' Harper's Series on Teaching. (New York; London: Harper & Row, 1963), 39.</ref>}}