An easy one: the paradox of the creative writing department!

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A department where you study creative writing is a paradox, given the following assumption: creativity is something natural to creative people and they do not need to study it. I try to formulate the paradox more clearly and note a logical gap.

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Terence Rajivan Edward
University of Manchester (PhD)

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