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Angus Fletcher and Mike Benveniste introduce an approach to creativity organized around narrative thinking: imagining events, changing perspectives, and considering what might happen next. They compare it with familiar methods such as brainstorming, divergent thinking, and design thinking, arguing that these approaches do not capture every form of inventive thought. The discussion connects theories of creativity with questions about learning, resilience, and practical problem solving.
Short chapters explain the authors’ account of narrative’s role in human intelligence before presenting basic and advanced training practices. Examples address education and working professionals, including ways to adapt exercises to different settings. A concluding appendix considers how narrative creativity can be assessed. This is a research-informed introduction for adults interested in creativity and its teaching, with both a theoretical argument and exercises intended to make that argument concrete.
Angus Fletcher; Mike Benveniste. Narrative Creativity: An Introduction to How and Why. Cambridge University Press, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009614801. CC BY-NC 4.0. Original edition unchanged.