Using the nine traits of creativity suggested by Guilford and illustrated in tests of creative thinking by Torrance, high school teachers of varied subjects developed teaching strategies. Both students and teachers learned more about creativity by confronting the unknow future, predicting from limited data, and writing stories using fantasy.…

This study compared the relative effectiveness of fantasy induction, intrinsic motivation induction, and combined fantasy/intrinsic motivation induction upon creative writing performance of 100 freshmen college students. All three methods enhanced the creativity of the students' poetry writing, with the conjunctive approach exhibiting no more…

A theory of teaching creative writing that involves preconscious learning is presented in this paper. Following a review of the literature on methods of developing writing ability, the paper describes a three-step creative process of preparation (the gathering and study of appropriate materials), incubation (the preconscious absorption and shaping…