CREATIVE

NONFICTION
Module 10
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It is a creative nonfiction that expresses a significant experience or event that
happened to the writer.

E O A A A I E

It refers to a story of the experiences encountered by someone while touring a

place for the pleasure.

A E O U E
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It is a creative nonfiction that expresses a significant experience or event that
happened to the writer.

P E R S O N A L N A R R A T I V E

It refers to a story of the experiences encountered by someone while touring a

place for the pleasure.

T R A V E L O G U E
UNDERSTANDING VARIOUS
FORMS AND TYPES OF
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Lesson 1
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PERSONAL
NARRATIVE
PERSONAL
NARRATIVE
 A personal narrative is a story about
yourself, and great personal narrative
essay topics include experiences you’ve
had, people you know, your reactions to
books or other writing, and many other
options.
 Personal narrative involves a setting,
characters, series of events, and dialogues.
 PERSONAL
Events in NARRATIVE
your life that make a great story.

Learnings from an event that happened to you.

Special experiences you shared with a friend or relative

It is told from the first-person point of

view. This particular type of creative
nonfiction often concerns a particularly
happy, sad, humorous, or outrageous
episode in one’s life.
 TIPS IN WRITING PERSONAL
NARRATIVE

Awaken the Don’t run

Idea should Focus in &
voice Be specific around the
be universal focus out
within bush
 TIPS IN WRITING PERSONAL
NARRATIVE
Idea should be universal

• Although a personal narrative reflects what you think and feel,

your message should be universal.
• Your writing should reveal a larger meaning, a universal theme
that really goes beyond the surface.
• The narrative should be about you and at the same time, should be
more that you
 TIPS IN WRITING PERSONAL
NARRATIVE
Awaken the voice within
• In this type of creative nonfiction, the voice is you. You are the
writer.
• You have the perspective, share it to your readers.
• Allow the readers see it through your eyes using you own literary
technique.
• The syntax, the language used, and your writing style will reveal
to the reader the voice inside you.
 TIPS IN WRITING PERSONAL
NARRATIVE
Focus in and focus out

• Focus in specific details and focus out supporting ideas so that

you can guide the readers on what is important in your narrative.
• The way you choose specific details about moments, feelings, and
ideas, and using them to convey your theme and purpose is one
skill that you have to master.
 TIPS IN WRITING PERSONAL
NARRATIVE
Be specific

• Do not write about general ideas, just focus on one specific idea.
• Write about a certain moment, person, place, time, or object, and
its significance to you.
• Write about only one thing, its meaning to you, and the details
that changed or shape how you perceive it.
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NARRATIVE
Don’t run around the bush

• Cut the chase, do not explain too much nor leave your
readers hanging in the moment.
• Go straight to the point and build your writing around it by
giving the right amount of details.
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TRAVELOGU
E
 TRAVELOGUE
Travelogue is a documentation of a
traveler’s experience in his or her journey to
a particular place.
 TIPS IN WRITING TRAVELOGUE

Do extensive research

• Before you write something about a place, make sure that you
have extensive information about it.
• If you have visited the place, you have a first-hand experience
regarding the 4 attractions, environment, or its culture.
• If you live far away, you may do some research or interview a
person about his or her experiences.
 TIPS IN WRITING TRAVELOGUE

Getting there is a must

• You can write about a place by doing research,

but going to that place will present an authentic
story to the readers.
 TIPS IN WRITING TRAVELOGUE

Tell it like a photo

• Using vivid adjectives and imagery to describe the place will

make your readers want to visit your destination.
• Appeal to the senses and your travelogue will be more
enticing.
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Give some cultural balance

• Giving a cultural background to the readers will let them know

what to expect in that place.
• It will give them a distinct idea on what to wear, what to do, what
to eat, and how to behave
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Including do’s and don’ts

• Directly or indirectly, include some instructions on how to

behave in the social setting of the place.
• The last thing you want for your readers is to be in trouble.
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