Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

creative writing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: cre-ative writ-ing
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

Such texts generally.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does creative writing mean?: The art of writing texts such as novels, short stories and poems which fall outside the bounds of professional, journalistic, academic and technical discourse.

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