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Creative Writing
Creative Writing
Poetry
Plays
Movie and television scripts
Fiction (novels, novellas, and short stories)
Songs
Speeches
Memoirs
Personal essays
Asyou can see, some nonfiction types of writing
can also be considered creative writing.
Memoirs and personal essays, for example, can be
written creatively to inform your readers about
your life in an expressive way.
Because these types are written in first person, it's
easier for them to be creative.
Techniques used in creative writing
include: Anecdotes
Character Metaphors and
development similes
Plot development Figures of speech
Vivid setting Imaginative language
Underlying theme Emotional appeal
Point of view Heavy description
Dialogue
Key Differences
In creative writing the most of the part is self-created, although the idea might be inspired
but in technical writing the facts are to be obliged and the note is delivered from leading
on what previously other greats have concluded.
Most commonly, the creative writing is for general audience or for masses but technical
writing is for specific audience.
The creative writing entertains people as it has poetry or some illustrations or another
idea, whereas the technical writing causes boredom as it follows the strong pattern based
on facts and is just to transfer the information to the audience.
In technical writing the specialized vocabulary, such like scientific terms and other are
used while in creative writing, one can go with slang or evocative phrases or even
something which can be perceived well by the audience.
Humor, satire might be the useful essences in creative writing but such thoughts or ideas
have no link with the technical writing.
Imaginative Writing vs. Academic
Writing
Thewriter's ability to
create a gripping and
memorable story has
much to do with
engaging our five
senses.
Sensory Details Definition
Now, does this pull you in? Of course it doesn't. There's nothing to bring
you into the writer's world.
Read this revised version with the
addition of sensory details:
'Upon entering the grocery store, I headed directly for the flower
department, where I spotted yellow tulips. As I tenderly rested the
tulips in my rusty shopping cart, I caught a whiff of minty dried
eucalyptus, so I added the fragrant forest green bouquet of
eucalyptus to my cart. While heading for the meat department, I
smelled the stench of seafood, which made my appetite disappear.
See how the extra details made that scene come to life?
Writingwith the senses is an important part of writing
well. Adjectives bring writing to life and pull the reader
into the text and help activate his or her imagination.
Sensory details help the reader feel like he or she was
there and create a more intimate connection to the
narrator or writer and a greater understanding of the text.
Adjectives help set mood and tone in the text and help
establish a strong voice.
Language use in Creative Writing
I. What is Imagery?
Example 1
Imagery usingvisuals:
The night was black as ever, but bright stars lit up the sky in
beautiful and varied constellations which were sprinkled across the
astronomical landscape.
Imagery usingscent:
She smelled the scent of sweet hibiscus wafting through
the air, its tropical smell a reminder that she was on
vacation in a beautiful place.
Olfactory
imagery describes what we smell. Olfactory
imagery may include:
Fragrances, such as perfumes, enticing food and drink, and
blooming flowers.
Odors, such as rotting trash, body odors, or a stinky wet dog.
d. Gustatory Imagery
Metaphor
Metaphor is often used as a type of imagery. Specifically, metaphor is the direct
comparison of two distinct things. Here are a few examples of metaphor as
imagery:
Her smiling face is the sun.
His temper was a hurricane whipping through the school, scaring and
amazing his classmates.
We were penguins standing in our black and white coats in the bitter cold.
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is also a common tool used for imagery.
Onomatopoeia is a form of auditory imagery in which the
word used sounds like the thing it describes. Here are a few
examples of onomatopoeia as imagery:
The fire crackled and popped.
She rudely slurped and gulped down her soup.
The pigs happily oinked when the farmer gave them their slop to eat.
Personification
Personification is another tool used for imagery. Personification
provides animals and objects with human-like characteristics.
Here are a few examples of personification as imagery:
The wind whistled and hissed through the stormy night.
The tired trees branches moaned in the gusts of wind.
The ocean waves slapped the shore and whispered in a fizz as they
withdrew again.