CREATIVE WRITING

At the end of the period, the students should be able to:

• differentiate imaginative writing from among other forms of

writing;
• distinguish the connotative and denotative meaning of a
word; and
• utilize language to evoke emotional and intellectual
responses from readers.
“The only limit to your
impact is your imagination
and commitment.”

-Tony Robbins
Directions: Imagine the scenarios being portrayed through the vivid
use of words written. Identify the emotions being conveyed.

A man sits in a hotel room talking to his wife over the phone. She
is breaking up with him. He hangs up, and starts writing a letter
to his wife. He appears his dismay that can’t express his love for
her. He appears sad and extremely disappointed.

emotions being conveyed:

Directions: Imagine the scenarios being portrayed through the vivid
use of words written. Identify the emotions being conveyed.

A drunken man is sitting outside in the cold, talking to a small

wooden doll about how awful his life has been. Towards the end,
he gets up and moves toward the edge of a bridge with bricks
tied to his feet. It appears that he is about to commit suicide.

emotions being conveyed:

Directions: Imagine the scenarios being portrayed through the vivid
use of words written. Identify the emotions being conveyed.

My stomach was twisted in knots. My entire insides seemed

ready to hurt. My insides feel all hot. I feel like I’m going to
burst.

emotions being conveyed:

Gear-Up Your Mind

The biggest mistake people make when they start writing is not
being not able to identify the type of writing they are attempting.
Each style or mode of writing is situational; no one style is better
than another. All writing is a purposeful act, its meaning must
have a clear goal or desired outcome, and the style used should
be the best to achieve that goal.
Three effective but entirely different styles

What are those?

•Technical
•Academic
•Creative or imaginative
 WHY DO THEY SAY THAT OUR ENGLISH IS BAD?
(AN EXCERPT)

English teachers in the Philippines often find themselves in a very frustrating situation-no
matter how hard they try to teach the rules of written English to their students, the
students still commit errors in word order, word choice, subject-verb agreement, tenses,
prepositions, articles, punctuations, and the like. Teachers hence frustrated when they hear
or read sentences such as “They decided to got married,” “What did the students
watched?” or “Ana go to the canteen.” It is also alarming because the rules that apply to
these sentences are supposedly simple rules that the students should have learned in grade
school. Yet, here they are in college, still committing those same errors.
In a paper titled, “Why Does They Say That Our Sentences Is Wrong When We
Knows English? An Analysis of the ‘Common Errors’ of Freshman Compositions,”
Saqueton (2008) identified some of the common errors found in the essays of first
year college students. She provided explanations, using error analysis , language
acquisition theories, and Fairclough’s paradigm on the appropriacy of
“appropriateness,” as to what caused the “errors”. This is in hope of helping English
teachers develop teaching materials and devise teaching strategies that are
appropriate for Filipino first year college students of different linguistic backgrounds.
 MOTHER TONGUE
(AN EXCERPT)

I am not a scholar of English or literature. I cannot give you much more than
personal opinions on the English language and its variations in this country or
others.
I am a writer. And by that definition, I am someone who has always loved
language. I am fascinated by language in daily life. I spend a grate deal of my
time thinking about the power of language-the way it can evoke an emotion, a
visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade.
I use them all-all the Englishes I grew up with.
CREATIVE WRITING
TECHNICAL WRITING

• Is closely related to the process, or “how to”, essay. Its

function is to clearly explain the steps to accomplish a task
so anyone can do it. It is communication written for and
about business and industry, focusing on products and
services: how to manufacture how to manufacture them,
market them, manage them, deliver them, and use them.
TECHNICAL WRITING

• an instructional manual for repairing machinery

• memo listing meeting agendas
• a letter from a vendor to a client
• a recommendation report proposing a new
computer system
TECHNICAL WRITING

• memos and email • the job search

• letters • web pages
• reports • fliers
• instructions • PowerPoint presentations
• brochures and newsletters • graphics
ACADEMIC WRITING

• Is a process that starts with posing a question,

problematizing a concept, evaluating an opinion, and
ends in answering the questions posed, clarifying the
problem, and/or arguing for a stand
ACADEMIC WRITING

• Is more complex because most academic writing is tied

to a specific discipline or field, which means it can
become jargon-laden.
ACADEMIC WRITING

• Occurs even in the business and computer sectors and

other fields of industry for their emphasis on technical
writing
ACADEMIC WRITING

• Purpose
• Inform
• Argue a specific point
• Persuade
ACADEMIC WRITING

• Knowledge of the writer is assumed to be greater than

that of the readers
• Is thinking
• Requires deliberate, thorough, and careful thought and
that is why it involves research
ACADEMIC WRITING

• essay • book review

• research • synthesis
• summary-reaction papers • review of the Literature
• journal • evaluation/critique paper

• position paper • Thesis and dissertation

researches
CREATIVE WRITING

• Is by the process of inventing or rather presenting your

thoughts in an appealing way
• The writer critically and reshape something known into
something that is different and optional
CREATIVE WRITING

• Is by the process of inventing or rather presenting your

thoughts in an appealing way
• The writer critically and reshape something known into
something that is different and optional
CREATIVE WRITING

• Each piece of writing has a purpose and is targeted at an

audience
• It is organized cohesively with a clear beginning,
middle and an end
CREATIVE WRITING

• Attention is paid to the choice of apt vocabulary,

figurative use of language and style
CREATIVE WRITING

• poetry • songs
• plays • speeches
• movie and television • memoirs
scripts • personal essays
• fiction (novel, novellas,
and short stories)
ESSENTIAL POINTS IN WRITING CREATIVELY

BEGINNING

• Creative writing takes its first breathe when the writer

asks, “What can I create out of a particular feeling,
image, experience, or memory?”
ESSENTIAL POINTS IN WRITING CREATIVELY

PURPOSE

• It carries out a writer’s compelling desire to imagine,

invent, explore, or share. Writing satisfies the creative
soul.
• It often takes on a life of its own; the writer merely
follows along
ESSENTIAL POINTS IN WRITING CREATIVELY

FORM

• Any form using writer’s imagination is suitable for creative

development of some element of fiction
• Some of the common types of creative writing are poetry,
essays, character-sketches, short-fiction, anecdotes, play-
scripts, songs, parodies, reminiscences, historical fiction, etc.
ESSENTIAL POINTS IN WRITING CREATIVELY

AUDIENCE

• A specific audience may not be known in the beginning,

and each situation is different. However, if the finished
piece has a universal meaning, the story will speak to a
wide range of readers and may have varied meaning for
various people
ESSENTIAL POINTS IN WRITING CREATIVELY

STYLE

• Writer’s style comes from an array of choices that result

in the sole ownership of the finished product. The key
to attaining a unique style is focused control
ESSENTIAL POINTS IN WRITING CREATIVELY

STYLE

• the writer lays out a viewpoint and if it appeals to the

readers, it influences them
• A good write up has the ability to affect a reader
mentally and emotionally
ESSENTIAL POINTS IN WRITING CREATIVELY

STYLE

• Sometimes a good write up evokes realization of the

abstract or ideas that have different meanings in life.
• As a result, the reader will see, hear, smell, taste, and
feel specific things
 TECHNICAL CREATIVE

purpose educate or limitless

instruct about
technical
material
can be used to nonfiction fiction,
educate and nonfiction, or a
instruct combination of
the two
 ACADEMIC/ CREATIVE
TECHNICAL

purely for communicating facts, or entertain

information that are technical and
more formal in nature
no bias, emotion, or any rhetorical has bias,
form emotion, or any
rhetorical form