The Impact of Guided Writing Strategies Based on Gen-AI and Multimedia on Creative Thinking Skills and Composition Creativity in Short Story Writing

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of guided individual and group strategies based on Gen AI on creative writing skills and the quality of students' composition creativity in the short stories they produce. The research method used in this study was a quasi-experiment involving 253 high school students. The instruments used were the Torrance Creative Thinking Test, the composition creativity scale, and focus group interviews. The results of the study showed that guided individual and group writing strategies based on Gen-AI and multimedia were able to improve creative thinking skills and composition creativity in short story writing. The increase in flexibility is seen in the use of language variations and the adjustment of short stories to the topic of short story composition. The rise in originality is seen from the way students think, which is difficult to predict, and can produce creative and innovative short stories. The increase in elaboration is marked by their ability to express ideas with the use of more complex and varied linguistics. Furthermore, the increase in sensitivity is seen in the ability of students to adjust short stories to more comprehensive short story themes. So, individual and group guided writing strategies based on Gen-AI and multimedia can improve creative thinking skills and composition creativity in short story writing. This study implies that the integration of guided writing, both individually and in groups, is not only able to improve the ability to write creative short stories but also able to increase motivation to write and think creatively.