The effect of creative drama in teaching creative writing skills

The aim of this study is to improve the creative writing skills of first-year Turkish Language Teaching students by using creative drama method. The research was conducted with a nested embedded design in which quantitative and qualitative methods were used together. The Creative Writing Assessment Form was used to determine the creative writing levels of the participants. Creativity Components were used to examine the texts written by the participants at the beginning, during and at the end of the process in detail. The data of the study consisted of the Creative Drama Assessment Form, Creativity Components, the texts written by the participants during the process, video recordings, researcher notes, and focus group interviews. At the end of the experimental intervention with a single experimental group in which the data were analyzed with Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and content analysis, it was statistically proven that the creative writing practices planned with the creative writing method had a positive effect on the 1st grade Turkish Language Teaching students. In the study, it was determined that the creativity components in the texts written by the participants during the process were more than the final texts. It was concluded that the participants' views on creative writing and their attitudes towards writing changed positively during the process. It was concluded that the participants improved in subjects such as description and analogy, plot, character creation. According to the results of the research, it is thought that creative drama method can be used to develop creative writing skills of pre-service teachers at different grade levels in order to develop creative writing skills. At the same time, it is thought that creative drama-based creative writing practices can be used for pre-service teachers who have difficulty in finding a creative writing topic, creating a plot and creating a character.