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Creative Writing
C re a • Original, artistic, self-expressive
• Also called Imaginative Writing
or Literature
 Why should you write? What benefits
do you get from writing?
 Writing fulfills your basic need to associate with other people. The
more you write, the more you are able to establish a connection with
others. Also, the better you understand them.
 Writing helps you become a better thinker and learner. When you
write, you share ideas and feelings with others. These ideas and
feelings are deep within you, and they surface when you write.
 Writing develops your performance in school. Since all subjects
require written reports, writing helps you analyze concepts and recall
information.
Writers are not
born. They are
made. And they
get better with
age, as they
read more
books and
acquire more
knowledge and
experiences.
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Cre a A c a d e
 Writing
It is a process wherein a series of basic steps lead
to an organized thought communicated to a
reader.
It involves presenting your opinions,
impressions, and insights clearly about a
preferred subject or theme.
 Academic Writing
 also called Scholarly Examples:
Writing  Book reports
 clear,concise, focused,  Research papers
structured and backed up  Business letters
by evidence
 Resumes and applications
a nonfiction writing
produced as part of
academic work
 Genres of Creative
Writing
Poetr Prose Dra
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Poetry
-a literary work in which special intensity is
given to the expression of feelings and ideas by
the use of distinctive style and rhythm

a. Long, epical poems

b. Short, lyrical poems
c. Free verse poems
 Poetry
a. Long, epical poems
b. Short, lyrical poems
a long narrative poem,
c. Free verse poems which is usually related to
heroic deeds of a person of
an unusual courage and
unparalleled bravery
 Poetry
a. Long, epical poems
b. Short, lyrical poems
a poem in which the poet
c. Free verse poems either expresses his feelings
and emotions
 Poetry
a. Long, epical poems
b. Short, lyrical poems
poem that is free from
c. Free verse poems limitations of regular meter
or rhythm, and does not
rhyme with fixed forms
Prose
-refers to any written work that follows a
basic grammatical structure; made up of
sentences and paragraphs, without any
metrical (or rhyming) structure

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Fi Creativ
Nonfic
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 Fiction -a literary work based on imagination rather
than on fact

 Novel – a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and

complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a
sequential organization of action and scenes
 Novelette – a short novel, typically one that is light and
romantic or sentimental in character.
 Short story – a story with a fully developed theme but
significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel
 Creative -a branch of writing that employs the literary
techniques usually associated with fiction or
Nonfiction poetry to report on actual persons, places, or
events

 Essay - a short piece of writing on a particular subject

 Literary Reportage – is situated between journalism and
literature. It has in common with journalism its relation to
actuality. Reportage refers to cultural and social reality, past
developments, and current affairs
 Letter– a written or printed communication addressed to a
person or organization and usually transmitted by mail
 Creative -a branch of writing that employs the literary
techniques usually associated with fiction or
Nonfiction poetry to report on actual persons, places, or
events

 Diary – a daily record, usually private, especially of the

writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes,
etc.
 Journal – a newspaper or magazine that deals with a
particular subject or professional activity
 Biography – a written account of another person’s life
 Autobiography – an account of a person's life written by that
person
 Creative -a branch of writing that employs the literary
techniques usually associated with fiction or
Nonfiction poetry to report on actual persons, places, or
events
 Travelogue or Travel Essay - a movie, book, or illustrated lecture about
the places visited and experiences encountered by a traveler
 Blog - a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an
individual or small group, that is written in an informal or
conversational style
 Memoir - a historical account or biography written from personal
knowledge or special sources
 Articles and/or reviews about miscellaneous subjects like food, art, film
and other points of human interest
Drama -a written work that tells a story through
action and speech and is acted out

 Tragedy- a form of drama in which there is a display of

human suffering and often catharsis for the audience
 Comedy- a literary genre and a type of dramatic work that is
amusing and satirical in its tone, mostly having a cheerful
ending
Poetry Prose Drama
a. Fiction
a.Long, epical • Travelogue or
• Novels • Tragedy
travel essays
poems • Novelettes
• Blogs • comedy
• Short stories
b.Short, a. Creative
• Memoirs
lyrical • Articles and/or
Nonfiction
reviews about
poems • Essays
miscellaneous
• Literary
c. Free verse reportage
subjects like food,
poems art, film and other
• Letters, diaries,
points of human
journals
interest
• Biographies &
autobiographies