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IMAGINATIVE WRITING
Creative Writing / Imaginative
Writing
is any writing that goes outside the bounds of
normal professional, journalistic, academic, or
technical forms of literature, typically identified
by an emphasis on narrative craft, character
development, and the use of literary tropes or
with various traditions of poetry and poetics.
is any form of writing which is written with the
creativity of mind: fiction writing, poetry writing,
creative nonfiction writing and more. The purpose
is to express something, whether it be feelings,
thoughts, or emotions.
• The best way to increase your proficiency in
creative writing is to write, write compulsively,
but it doesn’t just mean write whatever you want.
There are certain things you should know first… it
helps to start with the right foot.
• How to
Get Started in Creative Writing in Just Three Steps
• Creative Writing vs. Technical Writing
• Fiction Writing 101: The Elements of Stories
• Poetry Writing: Forms and Terms Galore
• Creative Non-Fiction: What is it?
• Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Creative Writing
• Common Mistakes Made by Creative Writers
TECHNICAL WRITING
1) CONVENTIONAL FORMS
- short tagalog poems
- tanaga
- diona
- haiku A type of popular Japanese poem.
Modern haiku is different from the traditional
Japanese haiku. The modern haiku follows a 5-7-
5 syllable rhyming structure. Well-written haiku
is lovely and pleasurable to read. It takes a lot of
skill to write great haiku. I tried my hand at one.
Needless to say, even I didn’t like it.
- sonnet This type of poem has fallen out
of favor now, but it is still my favorite type of
poetry to read. It follows a strict ‘a-b-a-b’ rhyme
scheme. It was made popular by Shakespeare.
- rhyme and meter
- metaphor word or phrase for one
thing that is used to refer to another thing in order
to show or suggest that they are similar.
2) FREE VERSE
- the line and the line break
- enjambments the running over of a
sentence from one verse or couplet into
another so that closely related words fall in
different lines.
- metaphor
C. Other Experimental Texts
D. TONE
READING AND
WRITING FICTION
A. Elements of the Genre
1) CHARACTER
2) POINT OF VIEW
a) 1st- person POV
b) 2nd- person POV
c) 3rd- person POV
3) PLOT
a) Linear
b) Modular / Episodic
c) Traditional parts : exposition, rising
action, climax, falling action, resolution,
denouement.
4) SETTING AND ATMOSPHERE
a) Time and place
b) Cultural, sociological, political, religious
c) Sensibilities that lead to specific modes
5) CONFLICT
6) IRONY
a) Verbal
b) Situational
c) Dramatic
7) THEME
a) Moral lesson
b) Dramatic premise
c) Insight
B. Techniques and Literary Devices
- refers to any specific, deliberate constructions,
or choices of language that an author uses to
convey meaning in particular way. An author’s use
of a literary technique usually occurs with a single
word or phrase, or a particular group of words or
phrases, at one single point in a text. Unlike
literary elements, literary techniques are not
necessarily present in every text; they represent
deliberate choices by individual authors.
1) MODE or TONE
2) FORESHADOWING – the presentation of
details, characters, or incidents in a narrative in such
a way that later events are prepared for (or
“shadowed forth”).
3) SYMBOLISM – a character, an action, a
setting, or an object representing something else can
be a symbol. Most often, the symbol in a story is as
object that represents its owner’s character or
situation, or both. For example, a secluded near-
empty apartment might represent the alienation and
emotional emptiness of the tenant. Symbols are
usually recognized by the amount of emphasis they
receive. Objects intended to be viewed as symbolic
may be described in detail, be included in the title,
be referred to frequently, or emphasized at the
beginning or ending of the story. When we recognize
a symbol and understand its meaning or meanings,
we see more clearly what the writer chose to
READING AND
WRITING DRAMA
(ONE – ACT)
Elements Of The Genre
1) CHARACTER
2) SETTING
3) PLOT
4) DIALOGUE
Sample Stories
1. Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
2. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank
Baum
3. Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
4. Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling
- story of Indian mongoose, a friend to
humans and an enemy of the deadly cobra.
5. Adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
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