CREATIVE

WRITING
 CREATIVE WRITING
It is a form of artistic expression.
It draws on the imagination to convey meaning
through the use of imagery, narrative, and drama.

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For the first time in the sad and enchanting
history of literature, for the first time in the
glorious and dreadful history of the world, the
writer was welcome in the academic place. If the
mind could be honored there, why not the
imagination?

Malcolm Bradbury and Angus Wilson

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Witty and LaBrant…[say creative writing] is a composition
of any type of writing at any time primarily in the service
of such needs as:

1. the need for keeping records of significant experience,

2. the need for sharing experience with an interested

group, and

3. the need for free individual expression which

contributes to mental and physical health

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types of creative
writing
 1.
PLAY WRITING
□ Plays favor character and
performance.
□ Plays are at their core, bare
bones story telling.
 2.
SCREENWRITING
□ To write screenplays is to
emulate the human eye and
aestheticize human emotion.
 3.
POETRY
□ The language of the heart
and the soul
 4.
SONGS
□ The ability to write songs doesn't
come from a foolproof structure or
set of rules.
□ Musicians often absorb ideas about
form and style from the world they
know and live in.
 5.
FICTIONS
□ any narrative that is derived
from the imagination
□ novels, epics, fables, legends
 6.
PERSONAL ESSAY
□ This can be written creatively
to inform your readers about
your life in an expressive way.
types of creative
writing
 VOICE
An author’s unique style
and way of saying things.
Your voice should come
across as natural, clear,
and consistent, POINT OF VIEW
The narrator’s perspective
ELEMENTS on the characters and
occurrences in the piece of
CHARACTER
writing.
The people or actors
Who is telling the story?
(e.g. animals, inanimate
objects, forces of
nature) who carry out
the action of the story.

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 ◦ character development
◦ plot development
◦ vivid setting
Techniques ◦ underlying theme
used in ◦ point of view
◦ dialogue
creative
◦ anecdotes
writing
◦ figurative language
◦ emotional appeal
◦ heavy description

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SHOW,
DON'T TELL
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Don’t tell me the moon is
shining. Show me the glint
of light on broken glass.
Anton Chekhov

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