Esta tese est? vinculada ? ?rea de concentra??o em Escrita Criativa e, portanto, divide-se em duas partes: uma ficcional e outra ensa?stica. A parte ficcional ? composta por um livro de contos, uma novela e uma colet?nea de poemas. Nesses textos, o objetivo foi investigar, pela pr?tica da escrita, as possibilidades compositivas de cada g?nero. A parte ensa?stica toma como pressuposto que, mesmo nos pa?ses de mais tradi??o do que o Brasil na ?rea, observa-se um permanente estado de elabora??o e questionamento quanto aos m?ltiplos aspectos da Escrita Criativa. No Brasil, onde a ?rea ? relativamente nova, necessita-se, sobretudo, aumentar o corpo de conhecimento em rela??o a ela. Para tanto, os ensaios problematizam pontos como o papel da ?rea dentro do sistema liter?rio, o significado do termo Escrita Criativa, sua hist?ria, o processo de ensino e aprendizado. This thesis is linked to the area of concentration in Creative Writing and, therefore, is divided into main two sections: one of fiction and one of essays. The fictional section consists of a short stories' book, a novella and a collection of poems. In these texts, the objective was to investigate, through the practice of writing, the compositional possibilities of each genre. The essay section assumes that, even in countries with more tradition than Brazil in the Creative Writing, there is a permanent state of elaboration and questioning regarding the area?s multiple aspects. In Brazil, where the area is relatively new, it is necessary, above all, to increase the body of knowledge in relation to it. To this end, the essays problematize points such as the role of the area within the literary system, the meaning of the term Creative Writing, its history, the teaching and learning process. Cette th?se est li?e ? la concentration ?criture Cr?ative et, par cons?quent, est divis?e en deux parties: une de r?flexion et une de production litt?raire. La partie litt?raire consiste en un livre de nouvelles, un roman court et un recueil de po?mes. Dans ces textes, l'objectif a ?t? explorer, par la pratique de l'?criture, les possibilit?s de composition de chaque genre. La partie de r?flexion suppose que m?me dans les pays avec plus de tradition que Br?sil dans la ?criture Cr?ative, il y a un ?tat permanent d'?laboration et de remise en question quant aux multiples aspects de cet domaine. Au Br?sil, o? le domaine est relativement nouveau, il faut avant tout accro?tre l?ensemble des connaissances par rapport ? lui. ? cette fin, les essais probl?matisent des points tels que le r?le de la ?criture Cr?ative dans le syst?me litt?raire, la signification du terme, son histoire, le processus d'enseignement et d'apprentissage.