WHAT IS CREATIVE WRITING?

Writer Richard Terril, in comparing the two forms, writes that the voice in creative
nonfiction aims "to engage the empathy" of the reader that, much like a poet, the writer
uses "personal candor" to draw the reader in.

Focuses on story, which has a narrative plot with an inciting moment, rising action, climax
and denouement, just like fiction.

Nonfiction only works if the story is based in truth, an accurate retelling of the author's
life experiences. Depends on the writer's ability to render their voice in the realistic
fashion, just as poetry so often does.

BIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVES

BIOGRAPHY CHARACTER SKETCH

Basically, the narrative of a person's Is a form of biographical narrative that
life written by someone else focuses on is shorten than a profile. The character
how various aspects affect the work sketch can be described as a cameo or
as a whole Profile miniature life story.

• Is a kind of biographical narrative INTERVIEW STORY

that normally concentrates on a single • Is a kind of biographical narrative
aspect featured with the length of a typical newspaper
or magazine article.

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVES
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• Is an account of one's own life. It
can also be defined as the biography
of oneself narrated by oneself.
DIARY
Is a form of creative nonfiction that is
a quotidian or day-today record of
specific events that have transported
in the life of its author and is ideally
kept on-a-daily basis.
MEMOIR
• Is a form of autobiographical writing
dealing usually with there collections
of one who has been part of or has
witnessed significant events.
JOURNAL
Is generally more intimate that a diary.
A journal is typically very expressive
and confidential, a receptacle of the
author's innermost thoughts and
feelings.

LITERARY, FAMILIAR, PERSONAL OR INFORMAL ESSAYS

LITERARY REPORTAGE
• Presents verifiable data and well
researched information like a film or
TV Documentary. As a written genre,
it is a hybrid between responsible
journalism and imaginative literature.
DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY
is a kind of creative nonfiction whose main
intention is to represent the appearance of
something. The main rhetorical device or strategy
used in descriptive essay is description using
sensory details to portray a person, place or thing
LITERARY, FAMILIAR, PERSONAL OR INFORMAL ESSAYS

REFLECTIVE ESSAY
• is a kind of personal narrative essay whose main intention is to analyze
the significance of the past event through serious thought or consideration
from the vantage point of the present.

SPECIAL TYPES OF WRITING

TRAVEL WRITING FOOD WRITING

• Is a kind of creative nonfiction that
describes the narrator's experiences in
local and foreign places
NATURE WRITING
• Can also be considered as an
offshoot of travel writing. It highlights
the beauty and majesty of the natural
world.
Is a type of creative nonfiction that
focuses on the gustatory delights or
disaster while simultaneously narrating
an interesting story. As well as sharing
an insight or two about the human
condition.

EMERGING FORMS OF CREATIVE NONFICTION

TESTIMONIA
is an emerging form of creative
nonfiction. It can be defined as a
published oral or written first-hand
account of human rights violations and
abuses of powers that be in oppressive
societies.
BLOG
short for web log, can be defined as
online diary that looks like a web page.
Its content combines text, digital
images, memes, as well as external
links to other blogs.

THEMES AND TECHNIQUES IN CREATIVE NONFICTION

LITERARY TECHNIQUES LITERARY ELEMENTS

Literary techniques or literary devices
are the techniques that composers use
in their written texts to help convey or
heighten meaning. Rather than writing
in plain language, composers give
more emphasis to their ideas by
utilizing literary devices to make them
standout.
According to Aguila, A. et al., (2017) in
their book Telling the Truth: The Art of
Creative Nonfiction different works of
fiction and drama may employ several
elements, but generally, there are four
major elements that comprise a literary
piece: These are plot, setting,
characters, and theme.
LITERARY ELEMENTS

Plot:
These sequences the events happening in a story Setting: The place and time where
and when an event happens.

Characters:
The person who inhabits the story.

Theme:
The central idea or thesis, or overall message of the story conveys.

LITERARY ELEMENTS
In all stories fiction or nonfiction there are people (characters) in a place (setting)
dealing with a problem or conflict (plot) that leads to a new understanding about life
(theme). These elements are utilized both in nonfiction and drama (Aguila, A. et al.,
2017).

LITERARY DEVICES ALLITERATION HYPERBOLE

involves using words that begin with uses exaggerated statements or
the same sound Ex: "Sally sells claims not meant to be taken literally
seashells by the seashore" eX: "I've told you a million times."

LITERARY DEVICES
METAPHOR
compares two things that are not alike
and finds something about them to
make them alike.
Ex: "My heart is a lonely hunter that
hunts on a lonely hill"
SIMILE
compares two things that are not
really the same, but are used to make
a point about each other, usually using
the words 'like' and 'as'
Ex: "Antonio Luna is as brave as a lion"

LITERARY DEVICES PERSONIFICATION

PERSONIFICATION
is a way of giving an inanimate object
the qualities of a living thing
Ex: "The sun smiled down on h
IRONY
In an ironic phrase, one thing is said,
while another thing is meant. For
example, if it were a cold, rainy gray
day, you might say, "What a beautiful
day!