\"Define Creativity\"
When asked by Kelton Reid, Maria Popova–who writes BrainPickings.org–defined creativity like this:
The ability to connect the seemingly unconnected and meld existing knowledge into new insight about some element of how the world works. That’s practical creativity. Then there’s moral creativity: To apply that skill towards some kind of wisdom on how the world ought to work.
A great article whether you consider yourself as a writer or not.