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Meaning of creative writing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The art of writing texts such as novels, short stories and poems which fall outside the bounds of professional, journalistic, academic and technical discourse.
    uncountable
  2. Such texts generally.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Gàidhlig sgrìobhadh cruthachail

Examples

“While an undergraduate at Mount Holyoke, she had the good fortune to take a creative-writing class at nearby Hampshire College with James Baldwin, who suggested she try playwriting, and, even though she feared he was just trying to politely steer her away from prose, she did.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Creatively Creativeness Creativity creativization creatonotine creator

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