Creative Writing and Wellbeing

Research, Theory, and Practice Beyond Words
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-10211-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

Creative Writing and Wellbeing: Research, Theory, and Practice Beyond Words is a pioneering collection that explores the transformative potential of creative writing across physical, psychological, and social dimensions of wellbeing. Moving beyond the premise that creative writing is beneficial, the book asks how, where, and for whom it works—and to what ends.

Featuring international contributors from diverse disciplines including medicine, education, social studies, and the arts, the chapters offer profound insights, innovative methodologies, and inclusive approaches. From conceptualising the self as a genre or horror fiction as a mode of recovery to collaborative creative writing with marginalised communities, this is a theoretical and practical resource for educators, practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and individuals interested in creative wellbeing. Grounded in real-world impact and aligned with global health and arts initiatives, the book invites readers to rethink the boundaries of disciplines and imagine new futures for creative writing as a tool for care, research, and social change.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Flynn, Caty

Hurley, Ursula

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Creative Writing and Wellbeing in Action; Part I - Physical: Chapter 1: Using Creative Writing and Storytelling Concepts in the Development of Future Medical, Biomedical, and Healthcare Professionals; Chapter 2: Poetics of Gridwork for Wellbeing; Chapter 3: Aesthetic Stories to Address Stigma: A Novel Intervention Model; Chapter 4: Writing Body Horror in Recovery from Trauma and Alcohol Addiction; Part II - Psychological: Chapter 5: Self is a Genre; Chapter 6: Rhetoric, Imagination and Wellbeing; Chapter 7: The Pursuit of Happiness through Creative Writing: A Theoretical Interpretation of Therapeutic Writing and Its 'Four Elements'; Chapter 8: Designing a visual-narrative creative writing practice for stimulating anticipatory moral imagination in everyday life: A research-through-design approach; Part III - Social: Chapter 9: A Room of Our Own: Collaborative Creative Writing as a Socially Engaged Research Methodology; Chapter 10: Playing with uncertainty: A Case Study of Dungeons and Dragons as a Collaborative Creative Writing Method; Chapter 11: Creative Writing for Families: Constructing Reflective Functioning for Positive Mental Health; Chapter 12: Creative Writing as a Qualitative Research Methodology in Migration Studies: Exploring Implications for Wellbeing; Chapter 13: Speaking Words into Print: On Orality as a Means for Generating Creative Writing Among Disadvantaged Populations; Epilogue: Co-Constructing the Field; Conclusion: Writing our Selves, Writing our Worlds

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Caty Flynn is an interdisciplinary researcher, writer, and consultant producing scholarship on creativity, consciousness, and interaction with particular focus on Genre, Shakespeare, and synthesis between fields to investigate the basis for human behaviour. She was awarded her doctorate from the University of Salford, UK, for her “groundbreaking” interdisciplinary thesis in which she proposed The Social Consciousness Framework (2022). Her monograph Genre, Consciousness, and Creativity is upcoming with Routledge in 2027.

Professor Ursula Hurley is Professor of Life Writing at University of Salford, UK, with extensive expertise and experience in community arts practice and creative approaches to evaluation, policy, sustainability, EDI, and applied research. Major industry partners consider her work transformational. Hurley's research is recognised by international honours, prizes, and awards, and grants.