Creative Writing

Introduction to Creative Writing

Creative Writing

in the simplest terms, it is writing using the imagination. It is mainly fictional and may take the form of poetry, short story, novel, or play

Poetry

• is an expression of imaginative awareness of experience through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language;

• with the purpose of evoking emotional response.

• though it is often mistaken that poetry needs to be structured with meter and rhyme, this is always not the case. Some poems are free verse and do not need structure.

Poetry

• poems are generally divided into two classifications; Lyric poems and narrative poems.

Lyric poems includes odes, sonnets, elegies, poems for various occasions, and simple lyric poems.
They are called lyric poems because traditionally, the greek read these poems with the accompaniment of musical instruments such as the lyre, making them more similar to songs.

Narrative poems are poems which narrates a story in verse form. Usually these stories are about love and heroic deeds. Epics and ballads are some poems which are considered narrative.

Short stories and novels

• these are generally similar with each other and considered to be included in the prose genre.

• Though both forms are use to tell tales, their main difference lies in the variation in length.

• A short story can be read in just one sitting for a short period of time.

• While novel requires more time to be comprehended fully.

• Likewise, both tell about a series of events that make up the plot of the story that is woven around a theme and develop characters in different settings, and resolve the conflict and resolutions.

Drama

• Drama or plays initially appear to be similar to short stories and novels for they also tell stories about characters that face conflicts which they have to resolve within the story.

• the plot takes place in a particular setting, and impart lessons and themes.

• However, what sets drama apart from the short stories or novels is the fact that it is intended to be performed in front of an audience and presented on stage.

• as such, it has additional elements that are exclusively considered for drama such as dialogue and movement.

Creative literary works

• have significantly imaginative, metaphoric or symbolic content and often cater to the euphoric need of the particular audience.

• They are fashioned to penetrate the depths of the readers' spectrum of emotions, and take informal, artistic, or figurative styles that reflect the writers' thoughts and ideas.