Creative Writing tends to be expressive, imaginative and literary. Readers of Creative Writing texts seek pleasure, entertainment, and insight into human struggles and behavior. Common genres of Creative Writing are poetry, fiction, drama, and yet Creative Writing also commonly refers to literary, journalistic, nonfiction, autobigraphy and travel writing. Thanks to emerging technologies, new Creative Writing genres are emerging, such as song mashups, cell phone novels and Twitter poetry.
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