The Uncreative Writing movement

The Uncreative Writing movement challenges traditional notions of originality in writing. Instead of focusing on creating entirely new content, it encourages writers to repurpose, remix, and use existing materials—like borrowing, sampling, or altering texts—to explore language and meaning creatively. This approach questions the importance of originality as a primary goal and emphasizes creativity through deformation and recombination of existing works. It highlights how much writing involves manipulating and reshaping what already exists, blurring the lines between original and derivative, and fostering a deeper awareness of the processes behind literary creation.