2. WHAT IS IMAGINATIVE WRITING?
Imaginative Writing is writing that expresses the
writer’s thoughts and feelings in an imaginative, often
unique and poetic way. Imaginative writing is guided more
by the writer’s need to express feelings and ideas than
restrictive demands of factual and logical progression of
expository writing.
3. CHARACTERISTICS OF IMAGINATIVE
WRITING
1. Clarity – It doesn’t confuse people (this sounds so obvious, but
you’d surprised at the number of writers who think they have to be
clever or copy literary which just leave the reader in the dark.)
2. Form – it has a beginning and ending. The beginning draws
readers in and the ending is satisfying. This holds true for fiction,
memoir, personal essays, autobiographies and stories for kids.
3. Emotion – It’s emotionally charged and the readers cares what
happens to the protagonist. We either cry or laugh or are sacred or
feel something.
4. 4. Meaning & Connection – It’s about people or situations the reader can
connect to. Either a story we enter into with the author for entertainment,
or emotion that we too are dealing with or want to learn about or can find
humor in. It is not a story about the author gazing at his or her belly
button. In some way the writing connects to the rest of the world.
5. Language – The author cares deeply about words and their power. No
overblown adjectives and adverbs (and only those absolutely necessary for
information.) No flabby cliches. The author loves language and hones and
rewrites every sentences.
5. FORMS OF IMAGNATIVE WRITINGS
Short Stories
Poems
Letter to self (Future/Past)
Letter to others
Scripts
Diary Entries
Interior Monologues
Prologues/Epilogues
Speeches
Autobiography
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6. UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS TECHNICAL WRITING
Technical writing is a type of writing that helps
someone solve a problem or acquire necessary information
about specific subject. Examples of technical writings include
instructional manuals, recipes, how-to-guides, text books,
multimedia presentation, and operating instructions. Every
occupation and field of study has its own language that’s
incorporated into specialized reports and other written work.
