CREATIVE WRITING

SKILLS
What is Creative Writing?
Creative writing is writing that involves the
imagination & invention in form & content.
It means fiction, poetry, and drama.
The fiction may be long or short, the poetry
may take many different forms, and the drama
may be for the stage or the movies or
television.
Uses made-up materials of one kind or
another.
Why do we write?
not only to convey facts or info
mainly to please the reader or audience
aesthetically by playing with the imagination
Some light & superficially entertaining - some
very profound & can reveal great truths about
the human condition (human nature &
experience).

Types of writing
Fiction & Non Fiction
Technical & Popular (Popular culture)
Formal & Informal

Definition?
Examples?
Fiction vs. Non Fiction
A literary work is often a blend of fact & fiction.
A literal account of someones adventures in
Vietnam is not a novel, it is a memoir or part of an
autobiography.
The same author might be moved by certain
experiences in Vietnam to create a work of fiction.
In such works the facts can be adjusted to improve
the story.
When writing fictionalised stories, the writer CAN
derive ideas from real life although real life stories
come under the category of non-fiction.

Fiction vs. Non Fiction (Cont)
Writers draw heavily on their own
experiences.
Young writers are often advised to make use
of the materials with which they are most
familiar and violate the truth in favor of a
higher truth.
Who are the writers?
Objective writers describe in a more
scientific manner.
Subjective writers depend more on the
thoughts and feelings of their characters.