• ARTICLES, Special Section, The Joint Construction of Personal Meanings in the Arts

The internal sociality of creating writing.

Sewell, K. W.

Keywords:
Creative writing, sociality, constructivism

Abstract:
Given that language is inherently social, writing is a powerful tool for connecting with the construction processes of others (sociality). But sociality is more than just thinking with social partners; it also involves feeling with them. Creative writing is one method that draws upon language to create sociality, but in a way that often involves feeling states just as much as verbal concepts. In the present paper, I describe the creative writing process as a form of emotional sociality, and share some stories and reflections to illustrate the point.