The IB has updated the Extended Essay Subject Guide (first exams 2027). One of the least discussed changes is that students in Language A can now write their essay in Literature: Creative Writing. There are five approved genres: romance, science fiction, literary fiction, humour, and epic poetry. Apparently, this is to give students greater opportunity to develop their Creativity which is one of the new strands/sub-circles to ATL (Approaches to Teaching and Learning). And, of course, another C to add to the omnipresent Concepts, Contexts, Content and Chaos.
Students can now channel their inner Jane Austen or J.R.R. Tolkien or Danny Brown while earning their diploma points.
And of course, students can go Interdisciplinary and combine an essay in creative writing with another subject such as Physics, Mathematics or Geography.
The Farcebook post suggested some possible titles:
1. “Pride and the Pythagoras: To what extent does the square of the hypotenuse lack humility?”
2. “Fifty Shades of Gray Matter: To what extent is Psychology dominated by sexual curiosity?”
3 “To what extent does Sun Tzu’s War and Peace explain the conflict in Ukraine?”
4. “Zombies and Zygotes: An exploration of the semi-living.”
5. “2b or not 2b? The secret algebra within Shakespeare’s Hamlet.’
6. “The lord of the files: Is Linux the best file management system?”
I think, therefore IB 
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