TYPES AND FORMS OF CREATIVE NONFICTION

OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify the different types of literary journalism.
2. Compare and contrast the different forms and types of creative nonfictional text.
3. Deliver an artistic presentation on one of the types of creative nonfiction text.

NOTES:
LITERARY JOURNALISM

The term literary journalism originated during the 1960s in the United States when writers like Gay Talese started
writing articles which they called then as “new journalism.”

Is a type of creative nonfiction that is closely related to magazine and newspaper writing. It is journalism but it
deviates from the traditional journalism because it has touch of literature. It is journalism with a twist. Before a writer can
compose an essay about politics, human trafficking, poverty, unemployment or drugs, the writer needs factual information to
write. These facts must be verified first and reliable.

TYPES OF LITERARY JOURNALISM:

1. REPORTAGE

Reportage is a news report. This type of literary journalism is the

most flexible since it can focus on anything; It could be an event, a
person, or place.

2. TRUE NARRATIVES
True narrative basically retelling of real events.One popular
kind of true narratives are true crime pieces that follow a
criminal case or assailant. True crime is a popular print
genre, and often sensationalistic in its approach to its
subject matter.

Example of true narrative is Imbestigador and Ipaglaban

mo in ABSCBN.

3. TRAVELOGUE
One of the types of creative nonfiction that deals with travel that presented in narrative way. In a modern
way, it is called travel blogs. It is more on sharing the wonders of the place you have visited and igniting the
spirit of audience to visit the place also.

HOW TO DO TRAVELOGUE?
1. Show the beauty and picturesque scene of the place.
2. Provide helpful information to the audience, they might use it in the future.
3. Boast a simple thing, enough to encourage someone to visit the place.
4. Show photographic scenery of the place so that the audience could picture it out and eventually would arouse their
interest to appreciate it more.
5. Point out the various picturesque view of the place.
6. Include the means and ways of transportation and on how to reach the place.
7. Provide information on accommodations.
8. Do not forget the cultural beauty of the place.
9. Follow the Do’s and Don’ts of the place to avoid conflict.
10. Sell the beauty of the place so that many tourists will visit it.
ACTIVITIES:
Activity No. 1: Create a Venn diagram. Compare and contrast the differences among the types of literary journalism.

Reportage

True
Travelogue
Narratives

ACTIVITY NO 2: LET’S TRAVEL. Think of a place that you currently visited. Try to describe the place, the people and most
importantly the scenery. Are you going to recommend that place to your friend or loved ones? State your reason. Write it in a one
whole sheet of paper.