Any form of writing like fiction, poetry, non-fiction and more written with creativity is known as creative writing. The sole purpose of creative writing is to express
feelings, emotions or thoughts distinctively. One can proceed further with different expressions as per the prerequisite.
In my opinion, you
need to improve your technique of writing with great determination.
We are going to discuss
every possible aspect of creative writing here in this article.
What exactly is
creative writing?
I am quite
disappointed by reading this answer even Wikipedia is not clear about it. According
to Wikipedia, any type of writing outside the bound is called creative writing.
We could say that
fiction, poetry and non-fiction are examples of it, but Knowledge of writing prompts is essential for it.
In my opinion, forget
about the definition and by using your creativity derive an own meaning of it.
Before you start
creative writing:
(1) Get more
information about genres and sub-genres
There are a lot of
genres and sub-genres in writing. A great author is specialized in a particular
type of genre only. Novelists write only novels, poets write only poetry and so
on. There may be some exceptions like some novelists write short stories and vice
versa.
(2) Pick one genre
or subgenre in which you like to be specialist
It is not that much
hard to pick but as well it is not that much easy. It took someone about months
or years to find out their genres.
(3) Write
Regularly
Write regularly as
much as you can. This is the only thing that could uplift your writing
standard.
Creative Writing
vs. Technical Writing
Creative writing is
creative itself, but technical writing is logical by nature. Both the writing
types have their own rules and styles.
Creative Writing:
1. It is written to
educate and entertain. It is fun to read it e.g. Novel.
2. It has so many
types of genres and subgenres
3. Sometimes it fulfils a given set of rules and sometimes it is not.
4. It needs crucial
talent creativity. If not have such then how could one's writing give immense satisfaction to readers?
Technical Writing:
1. It is written to inform or educate.
2. We could say it as
copywriting e.g. sales letters, pitches, advertisements.
3. Technical writers are the highest-paid writer.
4. It has its own
rules, conventions, Dos and Don’ts.
5. Formal language is appropriate in this
type.
It is simple to
improve your creative writing skills by following these key points.
- Read some books about grammar,
spelling and punctuation. One or two books are sufficient to improve.
- You should know how to expose the
myths of proofreading and editing.
- Write in rough, revise it and
finalize the final copy itself.
- It will be better if you manage to
get rid of adverbs, unnecessary adjectives and flowery prose.
Writing creatively
looks simple, but most writers slip up and make common mistakes. We are a human being, not a robot, so mistake happens; but we could avoid these mistakes to make our
writing superb. Some common mistakes made by creative writers. Let
us discuss them here.
1. They are not up to
date with others writing.
2. They plagiarize
their writing.
3. They use
complicated flowery prose or big words.
4. They use too many
Adjectives and Adverbs.
5. They are very lazy
to practice new things in writing.
6. They do not hunt
for new writing methods and processes.
It is up to us how we can interpret someone's viewpoint. Little common sense could make your script astonishing.