4. CREATIVE NONFICTION
• Nonfiction writing
• Different creative writing techniques
• Story & tone
• Elusive
• Focused on the story
• Based on truth
• Accurate retelling
5. CREATIVE NONFICTION
• Borrows some aspects in poetry
• “voice”
• Writers ability to render their voice
• Realistic fashion
• Writer “Richard Terrill”
• “Voice” in creative nonfiction aims to
• “engage the empathy”
• Closely entwined with fiction
6. IMPORTANT CONCEPTS IN CREATIVE
NONFICTION
• Can be identified by common elements
• Personal presence, self-discovery &
motivation & flexibility of form, veracity &
literary approaches
• Forms: a memoir, personal essay, lyric
essay, literary journalism
• Common Techniques: Narration,
Observation, Braiding, Insight
7. ANSWER THIS!
In your own perception, what is the
purpose of Creative nonfiction?