Literary Creativity The Role of Chance in the Writer’s Neuropsychological Process

Résumé

This paper examines the role of chance in the writer’s neuropsychological process and its impact on literary creativity. It focuses on the interaction between unforeseen, often unconscious, events and the cognitive and emotional mechanisms mobilised during the act of writing. Based on re-research in neuroscience and cognitive psychology, this study analyses how the writer’s brain integrates these random elements, enabling spontaneous ideas to be transformed into structured literary creations. From this perspective, chance is more than a mere coincidence; it becomes a factor that stimulates the imagination, capable of inducing narrative innovation and broadening creative horizons. This re-thinking sheds new light on the complexity of the creative process, highlighting the dynamic interplay between conscious control and spontaneity in literary production, and adopting a multidisciplinary approach.

Keywords: Randomness, Neuropsychology, Literary Creativity, Writer, Creative Process.