CREATIVE WRITING  advertisements

 card greetings
WHAT IS CREATIVITY?
 books or articles on science, history etc.
 ability to produce original ideas
HOW DOES CREATIVE WRITING DIFFER?
 the result of a complex of cognitive abilities,
personality factors, motivation and strategies  Informative writing is primarily about imparting
knowledge
ELEMENTS OF CREATIVITY
 Creative writing is primarily creating emotional
 fluency (mastery of the skill) effect and significances
 flexibility (adaptable)
WHY DO WE WRITE?
 originality
 elaboration  Communicate with each other
 visualization  Record information
 lateral thinking (looking at different sides)  Enhance oral development
 define problems (there is always a quest for  Reinforce vocabulary and language structure
truth, reality)  Present ideas, information and feelings
 Demonstrate one’s creativity and critical
WHAT IS CREATIVE WRITING?
thinking
1. Creative writing is writing that involves  Inform, influence and entertain
imagination and invention in form and
content.
2. It means fiction, poetry and drama. THE WRITING PROCESS
3. The fiction may be long or short, the poetry
may be for the stage or the movies or
Pre- Drafting
television. writing
4. Uses made-up materials of one kind of another.

Creative Writing is any form of writing which is

written with the creativity of mind, fiction writing and
more. The purpose is to explain something, whether it
be feelings, thoughts, or emotions. Publication Revision

GENRE OF CREATIVE WRITING

 poetry of all kinds

Editing
 short stories
 novel, including westerns romances, science
fiction, selective stories, mysteries, fantasy etc. CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS
 stage play scripts
 films and television screenplays  Talent
 lyrics  Persistence
 magazine articles  Patience
 newspaper feature stories  Ability to face criticism
 essays  Imagination
 biographies  Technical ability

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