JOURNALS
•ANY WRITTEN LOG
•GRATITUDE JOURNAL, MEMORY JOURNAL, DREAM
JOURNAL OR GOALS JOURNAL
DIARIES
•SPECIFIC KIND OF JOURNAL WHERE YOU WRITE
DOWN THE EVENTS OF EACH DAY, RESULTING IN A
CHRONICLE OF YOUR LIFE.
ESSAYS
•NOT ALL ESSAYS ARE CREATIVE, BUT PLENTY OF
ESSAYS FLOW FROM CREATIVE THINKING.
•EX. PERSONAL ESSAYS, DESCRIPTIVE ESSAYS AND
PERSUASIVE ESSAYS
FICTION
•ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TYPES OF CREATIVE
WRITING.
PROSE FICTION OR NARRATIVE FICTION INCLUDES
NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, MYTHS, PARABLES,
ROMANCES AND EPICS
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•MEANT ANYTHING MADE UP, CRAFTED OR SHAPED, BUT
AS WE UNDERSTAND THE WORD TODAY, IT MEANS A
PROSE STORY BASED IN THE IMAGINATION OF THE
AUTHOR.
•ALTHOUGH IT MAY INTRODUCE TRUE HISTORICAL
DETAILS, IT IS NOT REAL HISTORY, FOR ITS PURPOSE IS
PRIMARILY TO INTEREST, DIVERT, STIMULATE, AND
INSTRUCT.
•THE ESSENCE IS NARRATION, THE RELATING OR
RECOUNTING OF A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS OR ACTIONS.
•USUALLY FOCUS ON ONE OR A FEW MAJOR CHARACTERS
AND UNDERGO SOME KIND OF CHANGE AS THEY
INTERACT WITH OTHER CHARACTERS AND DEAL WITH
PROBLEMS.
POETRY
•POPULAR BUT UNDER-APPRECIATED TYPE OF WRITING.
•THE MOST ARTISTIC, CREATIVE FORM OF WRITING.
•MORE ECONOMICAL THAN PROSE FICTION IN THE USE OF WORDS,
AND IT RELIES HEAVILY ON IMAGERY, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE AND
SOUND.
•EX. STRUCTURED POETRY, FREE-FORM POETRY AND PROSE POETRY
MEMOIR
•PERSONAL ACCOUNTS (OR STORIES) WITH NARROW THEMES AND
SPECIFIC TOPICS.
•USUALLY THE LENGTH OF NOVELS OR NOVELLAS; SHORTER WORKS
OF THIS KIND WOULD BE CONSIDERED ESSAYS.
•MEMOIR TOPICS FOCUS ON SPECIFIC EXPERIENCES RATHER THAN
PROVIDING A BROAD LIFE STORY (WHICH WOULD BE A
BIOGRAPHY)
VIGNETTES
•A BRIEF EVOCATIVE DESCRIPTION, ACCOUNT OR
EPISODE.
CAN BE POEMS, STORIES, DESCRIPTIONS, PERSONAL
ACCOUNTS
IT IS EXTREMELY SHORT---JUST A QUICK SNIPPET.
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LETTERS
•ONE WAY TO GET PUBLISHED IF YOU DON’T HAVE A
LOT OF CLIPS AND CREDITS IS TO WRITE LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR OF NEWS PUBLICATUION
SCRIPTS
•HIT THE SCREEN OR THE STAGE BY WRITING
SCREENPLAYS (FOR FILMS), SCRIPTS (FOR PLAYS),
OR TELEPLAYS (FOR TV).
•YOU CAN EVEN WRITE SCRIPTS FOR VIDEO GAMES.
•HAS POTENTIAL TO REACH A NON-READING
AUDIENCE
SONG LYRICS
•CLOSE COUSIN OF POETRY, SONG LYRICS ARE A FUN
AND CREATIVE WAY TO MERGE THE CRAFT OF
WRITING WITH THE ART OF MUSIC.
•EXCELLENT PATH FOR WRITERS WHO CAN PLAY AN
INSTRUMENT OR WHO WANT TO COLLABORATE
WITH MUSICIANS.
DRAMA
•LITERARY WORK WHICH IS DESIGNED TO BE PERFORMED
BY ACTORS.
•LIKE FICTION, IT MAY FOCUS ON A SINGLE CHARACTER OR A
SMALL NUMBER OF CHARACTERS, AND IT PRESENTS
FICTIONAL EVENTS AS IF THEY WERE HAPPENING IN THE
PRESENT, TO BE WITNESSED BY AN AUDIENCE.
•IT CAN BE READ AS WELL AS ACTED.
BLOGGING
•A BLOG IS NOTHING MORE THAN A PUBLISHING PLATFORM—A
PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT DISPLAYS CONTENT ON THE WEB
OR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
•IT CAN BE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING FROM A DIARY TO A
PERSONAL PLATFORM TO AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL.
•IN TERMS OF CREATIVE WRITING, BLOGS ARE WIDE OPEN
BECAUSE YOU CAN USE THEM TO PUBLISH ANY (OR ALL) TYPES
OF CREATIVE WRITING.
CREATIVE NONFICTION
•FICTION THAT CONTAINS IMAGINARY SITUATION AND
CHARACTERS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO REAL LIFE.
•ITS JUST WRITING WHICH IS TRUE, BUT WHICH ALSO
CONTAINS SOME CREATIVITY.
•USES LITERARY STYLES AND TECHNIQUES TO CREATE
FACTUALLY CORRECT NARRATIVES.
WRITE DOWN ALL THE WORDS/ADJECTIVES YOU CAN THINK THAT
APPEALS TO THESENSES.
SIGHT
SMELL
TASTE
HEARING
TOUCH
GRANDMOTHER WORKMAN LURCHED OVER AND GRABBED THE PALE SKIN OF
RANDAL’S THIN FOREARM WITH HER LEATHERY HAND. THE FOLDS AND CREASES
BENEATH HER SKIN COILED THEMSELVES OUR LIKE ELECTRICAL WIRING, LIKE THE
BLOATED, ROUGHLY-TEXTURED RELIEF MAP OF THE WORLD THAT HIS MOTHER
JUST POSTED ABOVE HIS BEDSIDE TABLE. RANDAL LOOKED AHEAD TOWARD THE
WINDING SPIRAL STAIRCASE, FIDGETED WITH A SMALL HOLE IN HIS BASEBALL
JERSEY, AND BIT HIS LIP. HIS MOUTH FILLED WITH THE SWEET, COPPERY TASTE
OF BLOOD AS SHE LEANED IN CLOSELY TOWARD HIM, BREATHING HER HOT BREATH
ON THE DAMP HAIR AT THE BASE OF HIS NECK. SHE SMELLED WET CIGARETTES
AND BACON. AS THEY SLOWLY CLIMBED THE LONG, STEEP STAIRCASE, THE ONLY
SOUND WAS HIS GRANDMOTHER’S LABORED BREATHING AND THE MOURNFUL
CREAK OF THE WOODEN STAIRS.
IMAGERY
•DESCRIPTIVE DETAILS THAT GENERATE A SPECIFIC MOOD OR
EMOTION ABOUT PEOPLE, PLACES, AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
•THE USE OF IMAGERY APPEALS TO HOW YOU SEE, HEAR, SMELL,
TASTE, TOUCH, AND FEEL THE THINGS YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT.
VISUAL/SIGHT
•IS A PICTURE IN WORDS; SOMETHING THAT IS CONCRETE
AND CAN BE SEEN.
EX. BROKEN HULAHOOPS, HOLLOW BLOCKS, AND TIRES ARE
CROWDED ATOP A THATCHED ROOF.
AUDITORY/SOUND
•IS SOMETHINGTHAT YOU CAN HEAR THROUGH YOUR MIND’S EARS.
•EX. THE PATTERING OF THE RAIN IS HEARD AGAINST THE WINDOW PANE.
THE SCREECHING WHEELS OF RECKLESS TAXI CABS AND
VEHICLESPLAGUED MY EARS.
OLFACTORY/SMELL
•SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SMELL THROUGH YOUR MIND’S NOSE.
EX. THE AROMA OF FRESHLY-BREWED COLOMBIAN COFFEE WAFTED
INTO THE ENTIRE ROOM.
THE STENCH OF BODY ODOR IN A CROWDED LRT TRAIN SEEPED
THROUGH THE FABRIC OF MY SHIRT.
GUSTATORY/TASTE
•SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TASTE THROUGH YOUR MIND’S
TONGUE.
EX. MOUTH-WATERING RIPE MANGOES, TENDER MELONS, AND
LUSCIOUS CHERRIESARE SERVED ON A TRAY.
I ENDURED THE PUNGENT TASTE OF UNRIPE BANANAS.
TACTILE/TOUCH
•SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TOUCH THROUGH YOUR MIND’S SKIN
EX. THE SOFT VELVETY FEEL OF SILK AND SATIN CARESSED MY SKIN.
HIS CORNED WORKING HANDS WERE BROUGHT OUT BY YEARS
OF HARD WORK AND TOIL.
THERMAL
•SOMETHING THAT DEPICT TEMPERATURE.
EX. THE SCORCHING HEAT OF A MIDDAY TROPICAL SUN MADE MY
EYES SQUINT.
A SUDDEN GUSH OF DECEMBER WIND BREEZED AGAINST MY
FACE. REMINDING ME OF CHRISTMAS.