DRAFTING A SHORT PIECE
USING ANY OF THE LITERARY
CONVENTION GENRE
WHAT IS FICTION AND CREATIVE
NONFICTION?
Fiction Creative Nonfiction
-Created in the imagination of - Weaves the marginal boundary
author. of literary art (fiction and
- characters, the plot or storyline, nonfiction
dialogue and setting are - Emphasis of truthful writing
invented. using the character, setting,
plot, conflict, and theme of the
literary devices.
- Includes precise and well-
researched information, stir the
interest of the reader
evaluating the storyline,
provides artistry in the story
telling of truthful events.
VARIOUS FORMS AND TYPES
OF CREATIVE NONFICTION
• Autobiography
- story of a person’s life in a specific moment in time that is told by the
person himself or herself.
- It is told in the first-person point of view.
• Biography
- Written in the third person about someone other than the author.
- It may profile subjects both living and dead.
4 SHORTER TYPES OF
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• Journals (daily written personal accounts, observations, experiences but
not emotional.)
• Diaries (emotional accounts and personal experiences of the writer.)
• Letters (Written messages addressed to particular person, organization,
or institution.
• Memoirs (narrower in focus, carrying memories, feelings and emotions of
the writer.)
• Literary Journalism or Reportage
a precise, well-researched report of which a reporter follows a topic,
subject, theme for a long period of time and provides a personal angle on
it.
• Personal Narratives
Taken from a real life situations where the writers depicts vividly the
event, incident, or experience.
• Memoir
Record of facts and events concerning a particular subject or period
usually written from the writer’s personal knowledge, experience, and
observations.
• Travelogue
-Embraces the • Flash Essay
personal accounts of -(flash literature) • Blog
a writer on travel as
he or she evaluates -Brief creative writing (50-1500 - Belongs to social
the food, hotels, words) networking service
restaurants, and best
-prose poetry, short essay, - Portrays online
sites to visit.
creative fiction and nonfiction. discussion(informal
- Shown through a diary-method)
magazine, website, -implies fast, impromptu, and
television or film short format - Sports, music, art,
- Highlights -flash prose (used in the videos, lifestyle,
affordable rates , context of writing in politics, online
expensive hang outs competition) such as weblogs diaries,
for tourists. or non-journalistic writing-daily, advertising,
journal or other type of photography,
periodical cooking
