Creative Writing PDF

 What is Creative Writing? Also known as “the art of making things up”  is considered to be any fiction, poetry, or non-fiction that goes outside the bounds of normal academic and technical forms of literature. Original and self-expressive of feelings and thoughts which makes use of your imag...

 What is Creative Writing? Also known as “the art of making things up”  is considered to be any fiction, poetry, or non-fiction that goes outside the bounds of normal academic and technical forms of literature. Original and self-expressive of feelings and thoughts which makes use of your imagination The Purpose To entertain, educate, and share human experiences like love and loss in a creative and different way. e.g.; The Lorax Twilight Frozen Biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs.... Travel guides and travelogues Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, poems, screenwriting (movies and television scripts) and playwriting (stage plays), songs, memoirs, personal essay or speeches. Some non-fiction types of writing are considered creative writing like memoirs, personal essay or speeches, and short stories and novels because they can be written creatively to tell stories of your life or other people. Techniques Used in Creative Writing:  Character Development  Plot Development  Vivid Setting  Underlying Theme  Point of View  Dialogue  Anecdotes  Figures of Speech  Imaginative Language  Emotional Appeal  Heavy Description  TECHNICAL WRITING CREATIVE WRITING Factual Fictional and imaginative Informative, instructional, Entertaining, provocative, or persuasive captivating Clear, concise, Artistic, figurative, symbolic, and straightforward even vague Deals with diff. types of novels, epics, short stories, documents and poems, screenwriting (movies documentation like reports and television scripts) and in science, technology, playwriting (stage plays), songs, business and industry. memoirs, personal essay or speeches. objective Subjective Specialized vocabulary Generalized vocabulary or sometimes archaic words like thee, thou, thy, etc. Key Differences  In creative writing, the most part is self-created, although the idea might be inspired, but in technical writing, the facts are to be obliged.  Most commonly, the creative writing is for general audience or for masses but technical writing is for specific audience.  In technical writing, the specialized vocabulary like scientific terms and others are used while in creative writing, one can go with slang or evocative phrases.  Humor, satire might be useful in creative writing but such thoughts and ideas have no link to technical writing. “Everybody walks past a thousand ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any. “ --Orson Scott Let’s recap.  What is creative writing?  What are the different types of creative writing?  How do creative writing and technical writing differ?  ACADEMIC CREATIVE Written outputs required in academe Written works created by people who have the skill in writing creatively Reaction paper, concept paper thesis/research novels, epics, short stories, poems, paper, position paper screenwriting (movies and television scripts) and playwriting (stage plays), songs, memoirs, personal essay or speeches. Structured; grammar is necessary Less structured; grammar is less necessary Rigid, procedural Inspired, artistic, entertains with words, pictures, concepts and deep meaning Purposely purely to convey knowledge, data, Entertains, shares, educates experiences, and information feelings, thoughts dull Enjoyable necessary Not necessary to learn, but a joy to those who do May earn you A’s May get your work published objective subjective Challenging due to time pressure Open time Overall, creative writing allows for more personal expression whereas academic/scholarly writing aims to explore ideas, argument or concept. Grounded on truth, facts, actual Comprises much on art, fiction, people and events, and knowledge and imagination Focus on a single story Multiple, interwoven stories Begins with a “lede” summarizing The ends of paragraphs or the most important aspects of the scenes are where you’ll find the story summary Objective-reportorial with a voice subjective-attempt to render the that strives to remove the subjective quality of an experience reporter’s “take on things” from the story Quotes to corroborate facts or Dialogues are used by the present two sides of the story characters Facts must be verifiable with more Writers are free to invent than one source  JOURNALISM CREATIVE FICTION/NON- FICTION Linear, logical and told in Okay to jump around in time, chronological sequence start, stop the story or tell from different points of view Sentences written to newspaper's With complex sentences style sheet and literacy sheet and literacy level of readership; brevity is used Minimal words with maximum Very detailed description and impact narration Concrete, understandable, Indirect, figurative straightforward News articles, feature stories, novels, epics, short stories, sports news, editorials, columns, poems, screenwriting (movies and and others found in broadsheets television scripts) and playwriting and tabloids belong to journalism (stage plays), songs, memoirs, personal essay or speeches. Why is it important to distinguish technical, academic and journalistic writing from creative writing? Identify the form of writing used in each material. Write: T-Technical, C- Creative, J- Journalistic and A- Academic. 1.Little Red Riding Hood 2.House Speaker Calls for Bato Resignation 3.an application letter 4.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 5.The Effects of Tardiness on Students’ Academic Performance 6. Makati City’s chief legal officer and spokesperson for Mayor Abigail Binay made his assertion following reports that recent Court of Appeals ruling had upheld Taguig’s jurisdiction over Bonifacio Global City, a revenue-rich area also claimed by Makati. Lawyer Michael Arthur Camiῆa on Friday said that there was no basis for Taguig officials to say that the March 8 CA ruling “effectively hands over BGC to Taguig.” He was referring to a statement made on Thursday by Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano. 7. Drink to me with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I’ll not ask for wine… 8. Dear Sir: I am writing to express my interest for the position of Recruitment Assistant in your esteemed company. Having Recently obtained my Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration major in Human Resource Development Management (BSBA-HRDM) in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, I wish to bring my knowledge, skills, and commitment to excellence to your company’s innovative environment. 9. The researchers used the Action method of Research. Action Research is used to change a systematic system in specific group or organization. The proponents have used the Action Research Method wherein the study focuses on changing the system and implementing the Effectiveness of the Implementation of the 5s Program in the Improvement of School Canteen. 10. North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except the hour when the Christian Brother’s School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbors in a square ground. The other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces.