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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TECHNICAL AND CREATIVE WRITING

Writing is a word that encompasses many different forms and methods. With time
each of these forms is evolving and changing to merge into and separate from each
other. In technical communication there are two types of writing, the technical writing
and creative writing. Technical writing is based on systematic and scientific writing
procedures, which include facts, information, simplicity, exactness, and accuracy of the
information expressed. It strictly follows rules, styles, and expressions to write anything.
There is sufficient clarity on the reasons, motivations, and requirements and planning of
writing particular documents. There no exaggeration or ambiguity required in this
writing; rather clarity, exactness, and accuracy are key factors in the writing technical
documents.
In technical writing the specialized vocabulary, such like scientific phrases and
completely different are used whereas in creative writing, one can associate with slang
or evocative phrases and even one factor which could may very well be perceived
properly by the viewers. Humor, satire is prone to be the useful essences in creative
writing nevertheless such concepts or ideas have no hyperlink with the technical writing.
Novel writing, poetry writing, satirical observe are just a few of the styles of creative
writing, whereas report analysis, proving formulation are styles of technical writing. A
correct coaching of the technical creator seems wanted whereas, it’s on no account a
milestone in between becoming a creative creator.
Creative writing is pretty much anything you want it to be. You can be as fact-
based as you’d like, you can be as dreamy and incoherent as you’d like…it’s free-form
writing that you do to honestly please no one but yourself. In creative writing the lots of
the half is self-created, although the idea is prone to be impressed nevertheless in
technical writing the information is to be obliged and the observe is delivered from
predominant on what beforehand completely different greats have concluded. Most
typically, the creative writing is for regular viewers or for heaps nevertheless technical
writing is for explicit viewers. The creative writing entertains of us as a result of it has
poetry or some illustrations or one different idea, whereas the technical writing causes
boredom as a result of it follows the strong pattern based totally on information and is
solely to modify the info to the viewers.
In conclusion, Technical writing and creative writing are two styles of writing,
which may very well be distinguished just by having a look at their traits. The principal
between every of them is that, the differences between creative writing and technical
writing are that creative writing is written mainly to entertain with the creativity of the
mind and technical writing is written mainly to inform in a formal manner or to incite the
reader to make an action such as purchase the writer’s product.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TECHNICAL AND CREATIVE WRITING
BASED ON:
TECHNICAL CREATIVE
WRITING WRITING
A. Content Factual, Straight - Imaginative,
Forward Metaphoric or
Symbolic
B. Purpose Inform, Instruct, Entertain, Provoke,
Persuade Captivate
C. Style Formal, Standard, Informal, Artistic,
Academic Figurative
D. Tone Objective Subjective
E. Audience Specific General
F. Vocabulary Specialized General, Evocative
G. Organization Sequential, Arbitrary, Artistic
Systematic

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