Narrative creativity : an introduction to how and why / Angus Fletcher, Mike Benveniste.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Angus, 1976- author.

Benveniste, Mike, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in creativity and imagination 2752-3950

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (83 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

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.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781009614825

1009614827

9781009614795

1009614797

9781009614801

1009614800

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access