Introduction to CREATIVE WRITING

Introduction to CREATIVE WRITING. LESSON 1.

1.What is creative writing? 2. Is there a correct definition anywhere?.

CREATIVE WRITING. a form of artistic expression, draws on the imagination to convey meaning through the use of imagery, narrative, and drama. an art of sorts - the art of making things up. It's writing done in a way that is not academic or technical but still attracts an audience..

Purposes of Creative Writing. to both entertain and share human experience, like love or loss. Writers attempt to get at a truth about humanity through poetics and storytelling. To find emotional perspective and balance. To express your feelings and emotion toward something..

Types of creative writing include:. Poetry Plays Movie and television scripts Fiction (novels, novellas, and short stories) Songs Speeches Memoirs Personal essays.

Poetry. a type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm Poetry was once written according to fairly strict rules of meter and rhyme, and each culture had its own rules. "This institution, perhaps one should say enterprise out of respect for which one says one need not change one's mind about a thing one has believed in, requiring public promises of one's intention to fulfill a private obligation: I wonder what Adam and Eve think of it by this time,".

Plays. Play is a literary form of writing for theatre, which narrates a story with elements of conflicts, tensions, and actions through dialogues of characters. The writers present their feelings, emotions, and ideas through their characters and make them speak..

Movie and Television script. A screenplay, or script, is a written work by screenwriters for a film, television program , or video game. In them, the movement, actions, expression and dialogues of the characters are also narrated ..

Fiction. Fiction is make-believe, invented stories. They may be short stories, fables, vignettes, plays, novellas, or novels. Although writers may base a character on people they have met in real life, the characters and the experiences that the character faces in the story are not real..

Song. A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches using patterns of sound and silence..

Speeches. Speech is communication through talking or a talk given to an audience. Speech means what the speaker says in front of the audience. It is fully audience-oriented system. the language used by a certain group of people; dialect or tongue.

Memoirs. a narrative, written from the perspective of the author, about an important part of their life. It’s often conflated with autobiography, but there are a few important differences. An autobiography is also written from the author’s perspective, but the narrative spans their entire life. It's a genre of literature where the author writes about his or her memories, usually going back to childhood ..

Personal Essay. a piece of writing that serves to describe an important lesson gathered from a writer's life experiences . The essay often describes a significant event from a first-person perspective, and can be done in various writing styles, like a formal essay or as creative nonfiction..

Techniques used in creative writing include:. Character development Plot development Vivid setting Underlying theme Point of view Dialogue Anecdotes Metaphors and similes Figures of speech Imaginative language Emotional appeal Heavy description.