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by: Melody Joy Austria

HOW TO WRITE A

CREATIVE WRITING

What is “creative writing”?

Ok.

So nobody knows how to define it.Or there’s no final definition.Then how do we learn it?How does it get taught?

How is it distinguished from any other kind of writing and so what’s it’s place in the schools at any level?

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CREATIVE WRITING

- the branch of English Studies that involves teaching and learning how to write creatively.

- refers to any writing of original composition that most popularly understood to be writing that comes from the imagination.

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• Isn’t all writing “creative”? Why call it Creative Writing?

• Can it really be taught? Isn’t it about talent and a mysterious ability to summon the muse?

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• Isn’t all language creative, really? Why even have a distinct field called Creative Writing? Can’t business reports, department memos, shopping lists, Facebook status updates, even check-writing all be “creative”?

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HOW TO GET STARTED IN

CREATED WRITING

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• KNOW THE GENRE AND SUBGENRE IN CREATIVE

WRITING

1.FICTION

2. NON-FICTION

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• KNOW THE FORMS OF CREATIVE WRITING

• POETRY (TULA)

• SHORT STORY (MAIKLING KWENTO)

• ESSAY (SANAYSAY)

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• CHOOSE YOUR GENRE

This is sometimes easy work, and sometimes hard work. 

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• START WRITINGIt doesn’t matter whether you write once a day

or a week or a month or anything else. Your writing should not be set on a schedule in which you can’t match your other work. 

Bottom line is: just write and you’re started in creative writing!

 

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How creative can you be

If flowers could talk, what should they say?

You have two minutes to write a CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE and INTERESTING response to the following.

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How creative can you be

Imagine what God would eat for breakfast and dinner.

You have two minutes to write a CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE and INTERESTING response to the following.

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How creative can you be

How would a rainbow feel if you could touch it?

You have two minutes to write a CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE and INTERESTING response to the following.

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How creative can you be

If your shoes could talk, what would they say to you?

You have two minutes to write a CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE and INTERESTING response to the following.

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How creative can you be

You step off a bus in the year 2035. Describe what you see.

You have two minutes to write a CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE and INTERESTING response to the following.

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How creative can you be

If rain was a person, what sort of person would it be?

You have two minutes to write a CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE and INTERESTING response to the following.

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How creative can you be

What does happiness feel like?

You have two minutes to write a CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE and INTERESTING response to the following.

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How creative can you be

You look out of the window and see

this.What is it?

Where are you?

You have two minutes to write a CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE and INTERESTING response to the following.

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How creative can you be

You go out walking one night and see this scene. Describe how you feel.

You have two minutes to write a CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE and INTERESTING response to the following.

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How creative can you be

Where have these feet been today?

You have two minutes to write a CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE and INTERESTING response to the following.

GOODLUCK !

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