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Objectives:

1. Differentiate creative writing, technical writing


and journalistic writing from one another;
2. Determine the characteristics of journalistic
writing; and
3. Construct different forms of writing appropriate
for the situation.
CREATIVE
WRITING
vs

TECHNICA
What is Writing?
"Writing" is the process of using symbols (letters of the
alphabet, punctuation and spaces) to communicate
thoughts and ideas in a readable form.
2 Classifications
of Writing
1. Writing is a rational activity.
It is an exercise of mind requiring the mastery of
techniques.
2. Writing as a valuable activity.
It is writing without any restrictions and putting
emotions.
CREATIVE TECHNICAL
WRITING
It can be defined as a means to present ideas and
thought in an imaginative way, expressing feelings
and emotions rather than putting across mere
WRITING
It is a type of writing where the author is writing
about a particular subject that requires direction,
instruction or explanation.
fact.

It can be related to freewriting as “just sitting It is about formulating instruction manuals, policy
down and writing whatever comes to into your manuals, process manuals, user manuals, or
mind about a topic.” guides, reports of analysis and etc..
It can be best defined by giving examples of the Factual
genres of writing which involve imagination.
Examples: novels, poems, epics, short, stories, To inform
screenplays, songs, television scripts and etc

Emotive and the purpose is to entertain It is formal and impersonal

It is informal, personal and leaves an It focuses on imparting information effectively


impression to the readers.
CREATIVE
WRITING
vs

JOURNALI
What is Journalism?
● The word “journal” comes from a Latin word “diurnal” which means
“daily”.

● In ancient Rome, short bulletin of battles, fires and elections compiled


by government officials were posted up in public places. These were
called “acta diurnal” which meant “daily events”.
What is Journalism?
● According to Noah Webster, he defines journalism as “the occupation
of writing for publication in newspapers and other periodicals.”

● According to Fraser Bond, he defines it as “something that embraces


all forms in which or through which the news and comments on the
news reach the public.”
Hallmarks of
Journalistic
1.
Writing
Simplicity and Brevity
2. Precision
3. Objectivity and Factual
4. Fairness and Balance
5. Inverted Pyramid
1. Simplicity and
Brevity
Journalists should write with simplicity--in such a
way that audiences can easily understand the
content without having to read it multiple times. The
goal is to break down even the most complex
concepts, and write them in our own words so that
everyone “gets it.”
Writing with brevity (short and to the point) helps
create simplicity. The longer a sentence is, the more
difficult it is to understand.
Example:
The musicians’ future plans for their recording studio would require their
studio executives to totally demolish and completely rebuild the facility
at a cost of five million dollars, which is something the studio president,
an elderly divorced woman named Myra Curtis, vehemently refused to
do.

The musician’s plans for their recording studio would require executives
to rebuild it for $5 million, which President Myra Curtis refuses.
1. Simplicity and
Brevity
Another way to achieve simplicity is by writing in the
active voice, which simply means using this format:
subject, verb, direct object. For example:

Passive Voice: The article was written by Murray.


Active Voice: Murray wrote the article.
2. Precision
Precision means that each word should be used as it
was intended by its original “dictionary” meaning.
Meanings often evolve over time, but in journalistic
writing, we stay true to the book. There should also
be no slang or abbreviations.
Examples:

● A cop is a slang term for a police officer, and a kid is, by definition, a
baby goat.
3. Objectivity and
Factual
Objectivity means the absence of personal opinion.
A journalist’s writing should be based on facts,
observations, and interviews with expert sources, or
those knowledgeable of the issue.
3. Objectivity and
Factual
Write in third person (he, she, they), not first person
(I, me, my, our, we), to stay removed from the story in
order to be fully objective.
Don’t write about what you think, believe, or feel, but
what you see and hear.
The only opinions which should be included are the
sources’ opinions, and you must attribute all
opinions properly so that readers know who said
what.
Examples:
● Cassidy Martin is so intelligent and talented that she will definitely
become a success after graduation.

● Because Cassidy Martin has held a 4.0 GPA throughout high school
and won five national awards for her artistry, her classmates and
teachers voted her “Most Likely to Succeed.”

● Lauren Thames, a counselor at Martin’s school, said, “Cassidy is such


an intelligent and talented student that we have no doubt she will
become a huge success.”
4. Fairness and
Balance
Fairness and balance are achieved by ensuring that
both sides of a story are addressed and receive
equal coverage.

Example:
Repeated calls to Jonathan Windsor were not
returned, or Jonathan Windsor declined to be
interviewed for this story, or When contacted for this
story, Jonathan Windsor replied, “No comment.”
5. Inverted
Pyramid
Journalistic writing is most often written in a format
called the Inverted Pyramid, which arranges the
information in descending order of importance, or
newsworthiness.
The most important information should come first,
such as the Who, What, When, Where, and How. The
important details of the story should follow. After
this, other general information should be included.
CREATIVE JOURNALISTIC
WRITING
It can be defined as a means to present ideas and
thought in an imaginative way, expressing feelings
and emotions rather than putting across mere
WRITING
Uses short, simple words that most will
understand
fact.

It can be related to freewriting as “just sitting Eliminate unnecessary words that create
down and writing whatever comes to into your redundancy
mind about a topic.”
It can be best defined by giving examples of the Factual
genres of writing which involve imagination.
Examples: novels, poems, epics, short, stories, To inform
screenplays, songs, television scripts and etc

Emotive and the purpose is to entertain Use active voice sentences

It is informal, personal and leaves an It focuses on imparting information effectively


impression to the readers.
QUIZ
Write “Yey” if the statement is correct, and “Boo” if not.

1. Technical writing is more focused providing information rather


than entertaining the readers.
2. Creative writing can be defined as a means to present ideas
and thought in a formal way.
3. In writing news, you need to put the important details at the
end of the report.
4. Adjectives and adverbs are inappropriate to use when we are
writing news.
5. Always write sentences in passive voice for the readers to
clearly understand the news.

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