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  • Creative Writing-An Introduction
  • Creative writing is a very subjective and
    structured mode of writing. However, some
    universal elements are applicable no matter what
    genre you wish to write in. While learning how
    to write creative an author needs to include all
    of these elements.
  • Images, voice, setting, and story, are integral
    to any kind of Creative Writing you wish to
    undertake.

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Images
  • It is through images that an author appeals to
    our five senses sight sound, smell, taste, and
    touch. It is important for creative writing to
    appeal via images. By telling the reader what you
    or your character saw, heard, smelled, tasted,
    and touched, you will make sure the readers feel
    as though they are there with you.
  • Images help you create a world your reader can
    enter and immerse himself in. Readers need to
    experience emotion through images. They do not
    just want to be told how a character feels or
    acts. As an author, one should avoid abstract
    words. One should stay away from generalizations
    and vague references.

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Voice
  • The language that comes naturally to you is your
    distinct voice, and theres no need to tinker
    with it. Yet can try to be flexible and expand
    your vocabulary and range of style though. Your
    writing voice is unique to you just the way your
    speaking voice is singular to you. Your
    arrangement of words, word choice, imagery, and
    rhythm are all unique to you and will be familiar
    to others over time.
  • Points of view need to be sorted before you start
    narrating your story. Who is telling the story,
    who is the narrator? An author has three points
    of view to choose from
  • 1. I-spoken directly from you or a characters
    direct point of view. It is generally used in
    non-fiction personal essay types of writing. The
    first-person narrative allows an author to
    express a deep understanding of that character
    since you are inside their thoughts.
  • 2. You- The second-person point of view directly
    addresses the reader and puts the reader into the
    story/narrative. Its not used very often and is
    used for more for a special effect.
  • 3. She/He- It is spoken by a narrator about a
    character. The third person is the most common
    mode for fiction/short story writing. This voice
    has a large range, from total objectivity to
    great intimacy.

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Character
  • The most important part of creating a character
    is knowing and showing what that character has in
    mind. Characters need not be passive observers-
    they must want, and importantly they must act.
    What is your characters deepest urge? What cant
    she/he live without? What makes your character
    worried, smile, upset, embarrassed, exciting? As
    an author, you can lead your reader into knowing
    your character through minute details as it
    happens in real life.
  • You can bring a character to the reader through
    image, voice, action, thought, and telling the
    reader directly. You should use concrete,
    significant details to the maximum. How does he
    walk? What does she wear? What is in her purse?
    What does she eat and drink? What is the style of
    hir hair?

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Setting
  • Setting often expedites the wish to write. It
    reflects a writers relationship to place and
    time and creates a particular place and period
    that is necessary to imaginative writing. The
    setting is an integral part of the story and not
    merely scenery. The setting informs the reader
    about legacy and customs, identity, and
    exclusion. The writers style of detailing
    directs our understanding and experience of the
    setting. Readers cannot internalize a story
    unless it is set within a particular place and
    time.
  • Setting means everything that supports and
    affects your characters. It is the props that
    create and sustain a characters identity. Like
    image and voice, a place needs to be created by
    selecting concrete details. The reader should
    sense the setting fairly early on in a piece of
    writing. You can think of it as a camera, that
    gives the reader a wide and increasingly narrower
    view of the scene. You begin with a wide angle
    and move closer.

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Story
  • Stories are about journeys- the amalgamation of
    the new and unfamiliar. When cultures,
    generations, genders, neighborhoods intersect
    with each other, conflict occurs in many
    different ways. Conflict is the foundation of a
    story. When it emerges, characters experience
    connection and disconnection. Characters
    transform. By the end of a story, you expect your
    character to have gone through a change. Thus the
    change occurs because the character confronts a
    challenge their beliefs are shaken and tested.
    By the end of an important story, readers have
    their empathy enlarged.

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How To be a Creative writer?
  • The incumbent needs to keep these crucial
    elements in mind throughout all of his Creative
    Writing endeavors. Be it Images, Voice,
    Character, Setting, or Story all of them should
    be inter-woven effectively to create a story with
    an impact. It is a rigorous process but totally
    worth the effort. If an author is introduced
    early on to How to write creative fundamentals
    and these basic story elements, he can be shaped
    into an effective storyteller.

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