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myNotes Let’s Get
CREATIVE
Short
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1 No matter what form their creations take, all artists have similar goals.
Artists explore what it means to be a person—to think, feel, and be.
They’re interested in sharing something of themselves as well as
provoking emotions in other people—their audience. Using a variety of
tools, including words, music, paint, and movement, they make people

laugh, cry, fear, hope, and wonder.

Storytelling

2 People have been using words creatively
for many thousands of years. Storytelling

began long before people invented writing.
Back then, people passed stories along orally. The oldest known written story is a
classic tale, The Epic of Gilgamesh, which pays tribute to an honored king. It was
first written on clay tablets in the late second or early third millennium B.C.E.

3 Today’s storytellers have many ways to share their work: books, plays,
screenplays, magazines, and blogs. Even tweets and text messages can be creative.
Writers can use words, letters, and even emojis to communicate ideas.

4 Writers’ stories describe places, people, and events of all kinds. Some are
fantastic, such as an interplanetary friendship set in the distant future. Others are
more realistic, such as a lonely student struggling to fit in at a new school. Writers
often use dialogue to help readers understand characters’ relationships,
moods, and motives.

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