The how and what of creative writing for practitioners who want to try their hands and teachers who want to teach the skill and technique.

1. CREATIVE
WRITING
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2. “Writing is the painting of voice” –
Voltaire
“Every secret of a writer’s soul,
every experience of his life, every
quality of his mind, is written large
in his works”
- Virginia Woolf
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3. Four Steps in the Writing
Process:
1. Prewriting
2. Drafting
3. Revising
4. Presenting (or publishing)
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4. 1. PREWRITING
•Prewriting is the time when a writer
plays with ideas and gathers
information to prepare for the actual
drafting.
•It may involve reading, talking, or
simply thinking about a topic.
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5. During Prewriting, you must
think about 4 things:
 Topic
 Format
Audience
Time
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6. Topic
•What is your story going to be about?
•Brainstorm about interests and
possible ideas.
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7. Format
•What type of writing are you going to
do?
•Are you writing a sentence, a
paragraph, a theme, a journal entry, a
letter, a poem, a fictional story, a
research paper?
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8. Audience
•Who are you writing for?
•Who do you expect to read your
writing?
•Teacher?
•Parents?
•Friends?
•The general public?
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9. Time
•How much time will be devoted to this
project?
•Will you be expected to complete the
writing assignment outside class, or
will class time be given for discussion,
for brainstorming, for revision?
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10. 2. DRAFTING
•The stage when the writer begins to
record ideas in rough form.
•Getting started on a story is often
difficult and may produce many false
starts.
•“How should I begin?”
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11. •A first draft is simply a time to
gather, explore, and discover ideas.
•It is NOT expected to be a final,
polished writing.
•No one needs to be worried about
neatness, spelling, or mechanical
correctness in the earliest draft.
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12. •Freewriting – (also known as “spin
writing” or “rush writing”) A technique
where students write nonstop,
capturing as many ideas as possible.
•You jot down words, phrases, or
sentences quickly.
•Ideas coming with great speed and
momentum often trigger other ideas
along the way, and ideas are the goal
of the earliest draft.
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13. 3. REVISING
•Once a first draft is completed,
writers begin to revise (“to see
again”).
•They look at what they have written
and ask themselves if the ideas and
purpose is clear to an audience.
•They share the draft with their peers
and/or teacher, listening to their
responses and acting on them.
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14. •Later drafts involve polishing the
writing to present in final form to a
particular audience.
•Editing for spelling and mechanics
happens in the final stage of revising.
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15. Presenting (or Publishing)
•Usually only the teacher reads and grades
a student’s writing.
•However, you should share your writing
with your parents, relatives, or friends!
•You may also submit your writing to
literary contests, professional
publications, or local newspapers.
•You may also use your writing as a gift to
a trusted adult for special occasions.
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16. Use Description & Narration
Use imagery
Use figures of speech
Appeal to the sense
Show it, don’t tell
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17. Joanna Penn – New York Times and USA
Today Bestselling Thriller Author, speaker, and
entrepreneur
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18. Stephen King – Award winning author who also
wrote ‘On Writing- A Memoir of the Craft’.
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19. “If you can tell stories, create characters,
devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion,
it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.”
– Somerset Maugham
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