Introduct

ion to
Creative
Writing
Preliminary Activity
Pick a random object in your room
and write a short paragraph from its
point of view. For example, how does
your pencil feel? What if your lamp
had feelings?
What is
Creative
Writing?
 Also known as 'the art of making
things up,' creative writing is a vital
part of modern society.
 Any type of writing that
is original and
expressive of oneself
 It can be identified by an emphasis on
narrative craft, focusing on elements
such as character development,
narrative and plot, infusing its structure
with imagination, invention and story. 
Purpose of Creative Writing
 The purpose of creative writing is
to both entertain and share human
experience.
 Writers attempt to get at a truth
about humanity through poetics
and storytelling.
 The invention of reality
 The improvement of reality
 The magnification of reality
 Defiance of reality; reality as it ought to
be
 Escape from reality
 Confrontation with reality, facing
reality or interrogate reality such
as satire.
Techniques in Creative Writing
 Character development
 Plot development 
 Vivid setting
 Underlying theme
 Point of view 
 Dialogue 
 Anecdotes 
 Figures of speech 
 Imaginative language
 Emotional appeal
Types of Creative Writing
 Poetry
 Plays 
Movie and television scripts 
 Fiction (novels, novellas, and short stories)
 Songs 
Speeches 
 Memoirs 
 Personal essays
 Key Differences
TECHNICAL CREATIVE
WRITING WRITING
Factual Most of the part is self-created
informative, instructional,  Entertaining, provocative,
or persuasive captivating
Specialized vocabulary May use slang or evocative
phrases
 Key Differences
TECHNICAL CREATIVE
WRITING WRITING

Objective Subjective
Clear, precise, Artistic, Symbolic,
straightforward and Figurative
 Sensory Details in Writing
The writer's ability to create a
gripping and memorable story has
much to do with engaging our five
senses.

 Sensory details include sight,

sound, touch, smell, and taste.
Writers employ the five senses to
engage a reader's interest. If you
want your writing to jump off the
page, then bring your reader into
the world you are creating.
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  A trip to the grocery store
I went to the store and bought some flowers.
Then I headed to the meat department. Later I
realized I forgot to buy bread.‘

 Now, does this pull you in?

  A trip to the grocery store
 “Upon entering the grocery store, I headed
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 seafood, which made my
appetite disappear.”
 Language use in Creative
Writing
 What image do you see in your mind when
you read the following sentence?

A field of bright yellow flowers

lay beautifully in front of me.
 Language use in Creative
Writing
 What image do you see in your mind when
you read the following sentence?

The big, juicy burger with its melted cheese

and red tomatoes made my mouth water
and my stomach grumble.
IMAGERY
 Imagery refers to the “mental
pictures” that readers
experience when reading
literature.

 Imagery appeals directly to one

or
more of the five senses

An author achieves imagery

through the use of words.
Examples of Imagery
 The night was black as
ever, but bright stars lit
up the sky in beautiful
and varied constellations
which were sprinkled
across the astronomical
landscape
Examples of Imagery

“Silence was broken by

the peal of piano keys
as Shannon began
practicing her
concerto.”
Examples of Imagery

She smelled the scent of sweet

hibiscus wafting through the
air, its tropical smell a reminder
that she was on vacation in a
beautiful place
Examples of Imagery

The candy melted in her

mouth and swirls of
bittersweet chocolate and
slightly sweet but salty
caramel blended together
on her tongue.
Examples of Imagery
The baby cactus appeared
to have soft little spines
that wouldn’t hurt a fly.
Turns out, one touch of
those “soft little spines”
will leave you with a
bloodied finger!
 ACTIVITY
Learning Task : Sense it!
Directions: Read the excerpts with understanding. Identify
what sensory imagery is
used in each statement. Write your answers on your
answer sheet. Identify too those
words used as descriptive in each excerpt. Copy the table
and write your answers on
their proper column.
EXCERPT VISUAL AUDITORY OLFACTORY GUSTATORY TACTILE
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1. On rainy afternoons, embroidering with a group of friends on the begonia porch,
she would lose the thread of the conversation and a tear of nostalgia would salt her
palate when she saw the strips of damp earth and the piles of mud that the
earthworms had pushed up in the garden. Those secret tastes, defeated in the past by
oranges and rhubarb, broke out into an irrepressible urge when she began to weep.
She went back to eating earth. The first time she did it almost out of curiosity, sure
that the bad taste would be the best cure for the temptation. And, in fact, she could
not bear the earth in her mouth. But she persevered, overcome by the growing anxiety,
and little by little she was getting back her ancestral appetite, the taste of primary
minerals, the unbridled satisfaction of what was the original food. (One Hundred Years
of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez)
2. Outside, even through the shut window-pane, the world looked cold.
Down in the
street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals,
and though
the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no
colour in
anything, except the posters that were plastered everywhere. The black
mustachioed
face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the
house-front
immediately opposite. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption
said, while the
dark eyes looked deep into Winston’s own. Down at street level another
poster, torn at
one corner, flapped fitfully in the wind, alternately covering and
uncovering the single
word INGSOC. In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between
3. My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
(“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
by Robert Frost)
Thank
you