Criatividade: educação e escrita criativa

: Consider the profound changes that societies are going through in recent decades, especially with the development of information and communication techno -logies, this article presents creativity as a key element in adapting to change. Creativity plays a decisive role in the processes of adaptation of individuals to the environment in which they live. Creative thinking assumes an attitude, a perspective, that leads to seeking ideas, manipulating knowledge and experience. Thus, after presenting what should be understood by creativity, we point out the need for a creative education, as well as discuss some relevant aspects about creative writing and, finally, make some su ggestions for texts and creative games.