CREATIVE WRITING IN CLASSROOM: A REAL STORY

Authors : Rabia SALEEM, Ghulam HAIDER

Pages : 64-68

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Publication Date : 2019-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The article discusses the real story of creative writing in Pakistan creative writing in Pakistan lacks a big work both inside a class room and outside a class room. In Pakistan writing instruction still depends on a typical product oriented approach. That is why the trends in the pedagogical setting support product-oriented approach to writing. Pakistan possesses a rich heritage of all sorts of genres that are supporting features for creative writing yet lack of research in this area has pushed it at the secondary place. Teaching of literature is a much focused area in colleges but it lacks creative writing. The role of examination boardinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(s); is also not so much effective .There is no any systematic program of evaluating the written product. Rather non standardized scoring guides are used to evaluate the written pieces of the students. That is why error is considered a mistake in spite of a way to learning. This condition can be made better if writing teachers start considering that ‘creativity flourishes where there is a systematic strategy to promote it. In addition, they must suggest approaches to teaching such as the genre approach or the process approach for developing creative writing.
Keywords : Creative writing, process model of writing, diversity in writing style, assessment of writing