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FUNDAMENTALS OF CREATIVE WRITING
Lesson 3 Forms of Creative Writing Week #3

My Learning Targets
 I can know the importance of studying creative writing.
 I can identify the different forms of creative writing.
 I can compose my own creative writing.
 I can differentiate imaginative writing from other forms of writing.
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MOTIVATION
 What are the forms of creative writing?
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PRESENTATION OF CONCEPTS

Why study Creative Writing?

Understanding what makes a story work and how to get people to engage with it, is a valuable skill. It’ll help
make people see the world your way, with persuasive, intelligent and emotionally aware arguments and stories.
Almost more than any other subject, Creative Writing demands you make something from nothing. Though
you’ll be channelling the skills you’ve been taught into a specific project, you’ll still be making something
entirely new. Characters; creatures; entire, living, breathing worlds. 

Creative Writing with other Forms of Writing

Below are the other writing styles that follow a more serious and structured form of language as opposed to
creative writing.
1. Academic Writing
Academic writing is clear, concise, focussed, structured and backed up by evidence. Its purpose is to aid
the reader’s understanding. It has a formal tone and style, but it is not complex and does not require the
use of long sentences and complicated vocabulary. Each subject discipline will have certain writing
conventions, vocabulary and types of discourse that you will become familiar with over the course of
your degree. However, there are some general characteristics of academic writing that are relevant
across all disciplines.

Characteristics of academic writing

Academic writing is:
a. Planned and focused: answers the question and demonstrates an understanding of the subject.
b. Structured: is coherent, written in a logical order, and brings together related points and material.
c. Evidenced: demonstrates knowledge of the subject area, supports opinions and arguments with
evidence, and is referenced accurately.
d. Formal in tone and style: uses appropriate language and tenses, and is clear, concise and balanced.
2. Technical Writing

Today technical writing encompasses all documentation of complex technical processes. It includes
reports, executive summary statements, briefs. Any time technical information is conveyed in writing at
work, it is, by definition, technical writing.
This can include high-tech manufacturing, engineering, biotech, energy, aerospace, finance, IT, and
global supply chain.
The format is no longer bound to lengthy user manuals. Technical information must be distilled and
presented unambiguously. This can come in the form of technical reports, emails, policy, briefs, and
press releases.

3. Creative Nonfiction

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 Creative nonfiction can be an essay, a journal article, a research paper, a memoir, or a poem; it can be
personal or not, or it can be all of these.

The words “creative” and “nonfiction” describe the form. The word “creative” refers to the use of
literary craft, the techniques fiction writers, playwrights, and poets employ to present nonfiction—
factually accurate prose about real people and events—in a compelling, vivid, dramatic manner. The
goal is to make nonfiction stories read like fiction so that your readers are as enthralled by fact as they
are by fantasy.

4. Journalism and News Writing

One of the most fundamental differences between journalism and other forms of writing is the way
journalists obtain the information they write about. Journalists obtain information through a variety of reporting
techniques, which can include interviewing sources, looking through government documents, researching old
articles, and observing events firsthand.
Journalists commonly use six values to determine how newsworthy a story or elements of a story are.
Knowing the news values can help a journalist make many decisions, including:
The six news values are:
1. Timeliness- Recent events have a higher news value than less recent ones.
2. Proximity- Stories taking place in one’s hometown or community are more newsworthy than those
taking place far away.
3. Prominence- Famous people and those in the public eye have a higher news value than ordinary citizens.
4. Uniqueness/oddity- A story with a bizarre twist or strange occurrences. “Man bites dog” instead of “dog
bites man.”
5. Impact- Stories that impact a large number of people may be more newsworthy than those impacting a
smaller number of people.
6. Conflict- “If it bleeds, it leads.” Stories with strife, whether it’s actual violence or not, are more
interesting.
The newsworthiness of a story is determined by a balance of these six values. There is no set formula to
decide how newsworthy a story is, but in general, the more of these six values a story meets, the more
newsworthy it is.

Now that you have learned about creative writing, answer the question below to check your understanding. (Note: You do
not need to submit this back to your teacher)
Why do you think there are forms in creative writing?
Answer:___________________________________________________________________________________________
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BROADENING OF CONCEPTS
Creative 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.

INTEGRATION
In this lesson, we can also learn the IGNACIAN CORE VALUE of FAITH and related values of NATIONALISM.
Nationalism is all about appreciating the rich cultural diversities of Filipinos and promotes the best of Filipino customs
and traditions. This lesson can be integrated to FILIPINO subject, because it teaches us to be makabayan and to love our
own literature. Our lesson is based on our Sacred Scriptures-- Proverbs 23:12 (Apply your heart to instruction and
your ears to words of knowledge.)
References:
Ramos, J. & Talisay, J. (2017). Fundamentals of Creative Writing. Bonanza Plaza 2, Block 1, Lot 6, Hilltop
Subdivision Greater Lagro, Novaliches, Quezon City. Brilliant Creations Publishing Inc,.
Prepared by: Checked by:

MARY FIDELYN L. SOSAS, LPT KRIS GIA T. ESCUETA, LPT

Teacher Academic Coordinator

Approved by:

S. MA. YOLANDA D. CAPIÑA, RVM

School Principal

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