Improving narrative writing by teaching the linguistics of imagination

Abstract Narrative authors use their imaginations to generate and select content for their writing. Narrative imagination is central to young writers’ agency over their choices. However, writing pedagogies have become more formulaic, allowing little room for personal agency, while efforts to teach imagination have fallen by the wayside, regarded as vague, fanciful, and lacking in clear writing strategies. In response, a narrative writing pedagogy was designed around specific strategies linking i