FORMS OF

WRITING
Lesson 1

Creative Writing

JDB
 • define creative writing
• enumerate the three
Objectives forms of writing and
their properties; and
• differentiate the three
forms of writing.

Creative Writing
 Essential Questions:
• What kind of writing do you do most
often?
• What are your usual reasons for
writing?
• When writing, how do you imagine
a scenario?

Creative Writing
 “Creativity is seeing what everyone
else has seen, and thinking what no one
else has thought.”
-Albert Einstein

Creative Writing
 THREE FORMS OF WRITING

1. ACADEMIC WRITING
2. TECHNICAL WRITING
3. CREATIVE WRITING
Creative Writing
 ACADEMIC WRITING
researches
thesis
dissertation
• Any writing done to fulfill a journalism
requirement of a college or university reporting
• used for publications that are read
by teachers and researchers or
presented at conferences

Creative Writing
 ACADEMIC WRITING

Examples:
• Books/Book Reports • Research • Dissertation and
• Translations Paper/Research Thesis
• Essay Title • Abstract
• Conference Paper • Explication
• Academic Journal

Creative Writing
 ACADEMIC
WRITING Salient
ideas
• The first form of writing
• One of the most common types: research

It is what the people need the most.

Creative Writing
 Characteristics of Academic Writing
1. Planning
Plan
before
you write!

IDEAS OBJECTIVES

Creative Writing
 Characteristics of Academic Writing
2. Tone

Creative Writing
 Characteristics of Academic Writing
3. Outline

Categorize
the main points

Creative Writing
 Characteristics of Academic Writing
4. Language
Denotative Connotative

Your own
meaning

Creative Writing
 Characteristics of Academic Writing
5. Academic Writing Structure
I.INTRODUCTION II.BODY III.CONCLUSION
 Several paragraphs  Restate thesis
 Identify the provide more statement
detailed
topic/purpose information  Summarize main
 Include examples, points
 Orientate the statistics, graphs,  Include final
tables, and charts
reader insights and
to support your
ideas recommendations
 Thesis  Analyze the
evidence
statement

Creative Writing
 TECHNICAL WRITING

• It is very much like academic writing.

• Tone
 Used for specific purposes
 Impartial and objective  Not exclusively for everyone unless
one has a background knowledge
regarding the subject matter

 Jargons  Words that are not common to everyone

 The terminologies are intended for people
who know the language per se

Creative Writing
 TECHNICAL WRITING
• NOT for entertainment
 It requires:
Directions
Instructions/explanations
Writing
instructions on how
to operate
unfamiliar material
is an example of
technical writing.

Creative Writing
 Examples of Technical Writing

1. Software Installation Guides

2. Standard Operating Procedure
3. Service Legal Agreements
4. Request for Proposal

Creative Writing
 CREATIVE
WRITING
• It uses literary devices.
• It uses sensory experiences that is
reliable to its audience.
• It expresses the writer’s thoughts in
an imaginative, often unique and
poetic way.
Creative Writing
 Characteristics of Creative Writing
1. Clarity
It doesn’t confuse people.

NOTE: Delivery should always

be clear and understandable.

Creative Writing
 Characteristics of Creative Writing
2. Form
It has beginning, middle, and
ending.
3. Emotion
 It’s emotionally charged and the reader
cares what happens to the protagonist.
Creative Writing
 Characteristics of Creative Writing
4. Meaning and Connection
It’s about people or situations
the reader can connect to.
5. Language
 The author cares deeply about words
and their power.
Creative Writing
 CREATIVE WRITING

Types:
• Journal • Memoir • Drama
• Diary • Vignette • Blog
• Essay • Letter • Creative
• Fiction • Script nonfiction
• Poetry • Song lyric

Creative Writing