IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVE WRITING

1. Lahore Leads University
Topic: Importance of Creative Writing
Presented by
Tehmeena Mushtaq And Nadir Abbas
BS(English)
3rd Semester
Submit to
Mam Nadia Fareed

2. Importance of
Creative Writing

4. CREATIVITYCreativity
According to Albert Einstein, “Creativity is intelligence having fun”
And he also said, “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination”
According to Mary Lou Cook, “Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risk,
breaking rules, making mistakes and having fun”
Creativity is the ability to produce original ideas.
Creativity is the use of imagination to create inventiveness.
It is the act of turning new ideas into reality.
Creativity involves two processes: thinking, then producing.
It requires passion.

5. These elements are described below
Fluency
Flexibility
Originality
Elaboration
Visualization
Lateral thinking
Define problems
Elements of Creativity

7. Imagery is language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of
the reader.
Imagery allow readers to directly sympathize with character and narrators as they imagine
having the same sense experiences.
It commonly helps build compelling poetry, convincing narratives, well-designed film sets, and
descriptive songs.
EXAMPLE
The night was black as ever, but bright stars lit up the sky in the beautiful, and varied
constellations which were sprinkled across the astronomical landscape.
In this example, the experience of the night sky is described in depth with color, shape, and
pattern.
Imagery

8. Also known as the art of making things up.
Creative writing is a vital part of modern society.
The invention of reality
The improvement of reality
The confrontation with reality; facing reality
An escape from reality
A magnification of reality
An inborn talent
Creative Writing

9. The purpose of creative writing is to both entertain and share human experience, like love or
loss.
Writers attempt to get at a truth about humanity through poetics and storylines.
In creative writing, you are trying to express a feeling or a thought, the first step is to use your
imagination.
The Purpose

10. The Creative Writing Process
 Activate Knowledge
 Take in Information
 Generate Ideas
 Organize / Reorganize
 Publish

11. Types of Creative
Writing
 Short stories
 Songs
 Scripts of ads
 Screenplays
 Novel
 Poetry

12. Character development
Plot development
Point of view
Dialogue
Metaphors and similes
Figure of speech
Imaginative language
Techniques used in Creative
Writing

13.  Instead of:
John is a good boy with nice ideas.
 You can write:
John is a remarkable boy with wonderful ideas.
 Avoid using simplistic adjectives and adverbs such as:
Good, bad, well, nice, very, big, etc.
They make your writing weak and less effective.
 Instead, use words like:
Huge, wonderful, highly, terrible, etc.
Examples

14. Things that are included in “Creative writing”
Novels
Poems
Epics
Short stories
Screenplays
Songs
Television scripts
Things writing” that are not included in
“Creative
Academic writing
Textbooks
Journalism
Technical writing
Differences

15. Thank You