Coming soon Narrative Creativity
An Introduction to How and Why
Expected online publication date:
30 December 2024
- 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.