Just a personal observation -- technical and creative writing call upon the 
same craftsmanship (use of language, planning, outlining, adjusting when the 
project runs away with itself).  TW is great practice for a CW because it 
instills the discipline to _write_ and not fuss around with self-indulgent 
sillinesses such as "writer's block" (from which no successful creative writer 
suffers).  The hardest (and most required) part of "creative writing" -- and 
the most creative -- is figuring out when I'm able to steal that disciplined 
hour to move the story along another page or two.  

Just MHO.  YMMV.

Dori Green
TW & Storyteller

For some great technical creative writing:  almost anything by Arthur C. 
Clarke, "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson (winner of Hugo and Nebula 
awards, and four or five others).  
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook24914.htm?cached

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