IMAGINATIVE WRITING

CREATIVE WRITING
• THE ART OF MAKING THINGS UP.
• NOT ACADEMIC OR TECHNICAL
BUT STILL ATTRACTS AN
AUDIENCE.
• IT IS A SELF EXPRESSIVE KIND OF
WRITING AND ORIGINAL.
 PURPOSE
• TO ENTERTAIN AND SHARE HUMAN
EXPERIENCE LIKE LOVE OR LOSS.
• AN ATTEMPT OF A WRITER TO GET
TRUTH ABOUT HUMANITY THROUGH
POETICS AND STORY TELLING.
• THE FIRST STEP IS TO USE YOUR
IMAGINATION.
 TYPES OF CREATIVE WRITING
• POETRY
• PLAYS
• MOVIE AND TELEVISION SCRIPTS
• FICTION
• SONG
• SPEECHES
• MEMOIRS
• PERSONAL ESSAYS
• NON FICTION TYPE OF WRITING CAN
ALSO BE CONSIDERED AS CREATIVE
WRITING LIKE MEMOIRS AND
PERSONAL ESSAYS, IT CAN BE
WRITTEN CREATIVELY TO INFORM
YOUR READERS ABOUT YOUR LIFE IN
YOUR MOST EXPRESSIVE WAY.
• THESE TYPES ARE WRITTEN IN FIRST
PERSON POINT OF VIEW.
 TECHNIQUES USED IN CREATIVE
WRITING
• CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
• PLOT DEVELOPMENT
• VIVID SETTING
• UNDERLYING THEME
• POINT OF VIEW
• DIALOG
• ANECDOTES
• METAPHORS AND SIMILES
• FIGURES OF SPEECH
• IMAGINATIVE LANGUAGE
• EMOTIONAL APPEAL
• HEAVY DESCRIPTION
 TECHNICAL WRITING VS. CREATIVE
WRITING
TECHNICAL WRITING
1. FACTUAL
2. INFORMATIVE,
INSTRUCTIONAL, PERSUASIVE
3. CLEAR, PRECISE, STRAIGHT
FORWARD
4. OBJECTIVE
5. SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY
CREATIVE WRITING
1. FICTIONAL AND
IMAGINATIVE
2.ENTERTAINING,
PROVOCATIVE AND
CAPTIVATING
3. ARTISTIC, FIGURATIVE.
SYMBOLIC OR EVEN VAGUE
4. SUBJECTIVE
5. GENERALIZED VOCABULARY
 KEY DIFFERENCES
• Creative writing is self created but technical
writing is to obliged and that was to deliver
what was concluded by other author.
• Creative writing is for masses while technical
writing is for specific audience.
• Creative writing entertains people while
technical writing causes boredom.
• Creative writing uses slang or evocative
language while technical writing uses
specialized vocabulary.
• Humor, satire might be the useful
essences in creative writing, but
such thoughts or ideas have no
link in technical writing.
 IMAGINATIVE WRITING VS.
ACADEMIC WRITING
• Creative writing is different to academic
writing. Writing for websites is different to
writing for newspaper columns.
• Journal entries are different to writing press
releases on behalf of a brand. Writing
purposes do vary. It’s important that when
undertaking any writing you have a firm grasp
on this concept.
Sensory Details in Writing: Definition
and examples

• The writer’s ability to create a

gripping and memorable story
has much to do with engaging
our five senses.
 SENSORY DETAILS
• Sensory Details – include sight,
sound, touch, smell and taste.
Writers employ the five senses to
engage a reader’s interest. When
describing past event, try and
remember what you saw, heard,
touched, smelled and tasted, then
incorporate that in your writing.
• Sensory details are used in any great
story, literary or not. Think about
your favorite movie or video game.
What types of sounds or images are
used? What do your favorite
characters taste, smell and touch?
Without sensory details, stories
would fail to come to life.
 Here’s a passage without sensory
details:
• I went to the store and bought some
flowers. Then I headed to meat
department. Later I realized I forgot
to buy bread.

• Does this pull you?

 Read this revised version with the
addition of sensory details:
• Upon entering the grocery store, I headed up
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 sea food
which made my appetite disappear.
• See how the extra details made that
scene come to life?
• Writing 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 establishes a strong vibes.
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