Guidelines for Writing

Creative Nonfiction
DISCUSSANT: BASAGAN, ODETH
S. BSED ENGLISH 3A
“The journey of a thousand miles
begins with one step.”
—Lao Tzu
Lesson Objectives

EXAMINE UTILIZE
RECALL THEIR
THOUGHTS
WHAT IS
THE GUIDELINES IN ABOUT THE
CREATIVE
WRITING CREATIVE TOPIC
NONFICTION
NONFICTION
 WHAT IS CREATIVE NONFICTION?
It involves writing
about personal
experience, real people,
or events. It is writing
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about fact, rather than
fiction.
The writer can write
about anything, such as
a personal experience, 02
current events, or issues
in the public eye.
Popular types of
creative nonfiction
include the personal
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essay, memoir,
autobiography, literary
journalistic essay,
travel writing, and food
writing.
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Creative nonfiction is
also known as
“Literary Journalism.”
GUIDELINES IN
WRITING
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
1. RESEARCH THE
TOPIC
Primary Secondary
● Interview ● Books
●Personal Experience ●Magazines
●Participant ●Newspaper
Observation ●Web
2. Never invent or Change facts
- Always remember that an invented story is fiction

3. Provide accurate
information
- Write honestly and truthfully. The information
should be verifiable.
4. Provide concrete evidence
- Use facts, examples, and quotations.
 5. Use humour to make an important
point.
6. Show the reader what happened,
don’t tell them what happened.
- To do this, dramatized the story.
7. Narrate the story.
- A story has an inciting, goal, conflict, challenges,
obstacles climate, and resolution.
 8. Write about the interesting and
extraordinary.
- Write about personal experiences, interesting people,
extraordinary events, or provide a unique perspective
on everyday life.
9. Organized the information
- Two common techniques are chronologically and logical
order.
10. Use literary devices to tell the story.
- Choose language that stimulates and entertains the
reader such as simile, metaphor, imagery.
11. Introduce the essay or other work
with a hook
- Its purpose is to readers’attention and compel them to
the reader further. Popular hooks includes a quotation
question or thought. Provoking fact.
 SUMMARY
Creative nonfiction uses various literary techniques to tell true
stories. Writing creative nonfiction requires special attention to
perspective and accuracy.
Creative nonfiction writing tends to emphasize story and tone
over more traditional subgenres of nonfiction. Creative
nonfiction writers often approach their subject matter through
a more emotional lens than other nonfiction writers like
journalists or academic writers.
 REFERENCE
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Donovan, M. (2022).WritingForward.com.A Guide to Writing Creative
Nonfiction(italize mo lang tong title Ng article). Retrieved from:
https://www.writingforward.com/creative-writing/writing-creative-nonfiction
Gladwell, M. (2022). MasterClass.com.A Complete Guide to Writing Creative
Nonfiction (italize the title). Retrieved from:
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/a-complete-guide-to-writing-creative-nonfictio
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Brown, D. (2021). MasterClass.com. Tips for Writing Nonfiction: Memoir,
Autobiography, and Creative Nonfiction (italize the title). Retrieved from:
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/tips-for-writing-nonfiction