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The document discusses different forms and types of creative nonfiction writing such as autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, journals, essays, literary journalism, food writing, and travelogues. It provides examples and definitions for each type of creative nonfiction. The last part of the document presents an activity that challenges the reader to write a 200-word food writing piece on their favorite dish.

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Forms and Types of Creative Nonfiction ....

The document discusses different forms and types of creative nonfiction writing such as autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, journals, essays, literary journalism, food writing, and travelogues. It provides examples and definitions for each type of creative nonfiction. The last part of the document presents an activity that challenges the reader to write a 200-word food writing piece on their favorite dish.

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series of events that


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FORMS AND TYPES OF
CREATIVE NONFICTION
• Autobiographies, Biographies and
Memoirsand Diaries
• Journals
• Essays
• Literary Journalism /
Reportage
• Food Writing
• Travelogue
CREATIVE NONFICTION is about Fact
and Truth. The truth can be about a
personal experience, event, or issue in the
pubic eye.
1. Autobiographies, Biographies and Memoirs

Autobiography
Biography
Memoir
1.1 Autobiography
The writer composes his/her life story, from birth
to the present using the first person “I”.
It tells the writer’s feelings and thoughts about the
people, places, and things that are important in
his or her life.
1.2 Biography
A biography, or simply Bio, is the story of someone’s
life writtenby another person.

Biographies often tell about the lives of well-


known,important people such as world leaders,
scientists, movie stars, and athletes.
1.3 Memoir
Memoir is specified and focused that tells a story
or focuses on an important event occurred on a
specific time and place.

French word mémoire which means


memory or reminiscence
Famous Memoirs
1. Mitch Alborn’s Tuesdays With Morrie
2. Augusten Burroughs’ Running with
Scissors
3. David Sedaris’ Me Talk Pretty One
Day
4. Elie Wiessel’s Night
5. Dave Pelzer’s A Child Called “It”
1.3.1 Micromemoir

Also called flash memoir.


A short, well written memoir.
Ranges from 400 to 1,000 words.
Ex: First Kiss by Sharon
Lippincott
2. Journals and Diaries

Diary
2. Journal
A journal is a form of
autobiographical writing
including a day-by-day
chronicle of events,
usually a personal and
intimate record of events
and thoughts kept by an
individual.
2.1 Diary

A specific kind of journal where


you write down the events of each
day, resulting in a chronicle of your
life.
Ex: The Diary of Anne Frank
3.Essay
A short piece of prose that examines a single
subject, usually expressing a personal or limited view of the
topic.
.
Essays can be Formal and Informal
3. Essays

Personal Essay
Reflective Essay
3.1 Personal Essay

A piece of writing, usually in the first person, that focuses


on a topic through the lens of the personal experience of the
narrator.
It can be narrative or non-narrative.
It should always be based on true, personal experience.
Ex: The Death of the Moth by Virginia Woolf
3.2 Reflective Essay
A reflective essay means you’ll reflect on
how you’ve changed or how an event changed you.
You must reflect on your experience and really
outline how you have changed as a person and
how your life has been affected or impacted.
Types of Reflective Essay

1.Literature Reflective Essay


2.Professional Reflective Essay
3.Educational Reflective Essay
E
Literature Professional Educational Personal Growth
Reflective Reflective Reflective
This type of essay Teachers, doctors, and Reflection essays
social workers often
E
Reflective Essay

asks you can respond to a


to summarize and use Reflective writing
in their training in
lecture or other
then respond to a order to analyze their school assignment S
piece of literature in own behavior in so that students can
order to understand
it better
response to other better understand
and people so that they can and share with each
understand more
S
relate it to your other
own life and
experiences.
clearly how to better
do their jobs. A
Y
4. Literary Journalism/ Reportage
Literary Journalism uses the techniques of
journalism (Such as interviews and reviews) in
order to look outside of the straight forward,
Objective world of journalism creates.
Literature is any collection of Journalism is the production
written work, but it is also and distribution of reports
used more narrowly for on the interaction of events,
writings specifically facts, ideas, and people that
considered to be an art form. are the "news of the day"
5. Food Writing

The writer crafts stories about food and


cuisine using literary devices
The writing that focuses on the topic of food, both
widely and narrowly defined, and includes work
by food critics and food historians.
Ex. ‘Yucky’ Foods Worth a Second Taste by: Julie
Deardorff
Basic types of food writing:
• restaurant reviews;
• recipes;
• blogs
• social media;
• food memoir
6. Travelogue

A travelogue is a film, book written up from a travel


diary, or illustrated talk describing the experiences of and
places visited by traveller.
Ex: From the Red Dust: a Path Through China
by Ma Jian
7. Blog

Blog is a short form for the word weblog.

A blog is a frequently updated online journal or diary. It is


a place to express yourself to the world.

Blog is your own website that you are going to update on


an ongoing basis.
Examples of Blog Website:

Best photography blog: Zion Adventure Photog


Best interior design blog: Seasons in Colour
Best lifestyle blog: Olivia + Laura
Best entrepreneur blog: Bella & Bloom
Best mental health blog: Cornelius Holmes
It refers to the life story of a famous
and/or successful person.

BIOGRAPHY
It is a form of creative nonfiction that
presents verifiable data, and well
researched information, like a film or
TV documentary.

Literary Journalism
This special type of Creative
Nonfiction describes a narrators
experiences in different places

TRAVELOGUE
Type of Essay that requires
you to express your opinion
on a topic

REFLECTIVE ESSAY
Crafts stories about food
and cuisine using literary
devices

FOOD WRITING
ACTIVITY
Directions: Food Writing is a special type of Creative
Nonfiction that focuses on gustatory delights.
Now, you are task to feature your favorite viand in a
200-word essay.

Deliver an artistic presentation and become an


effective and successful food writer!
Assignment
Write a draft of creative
nonfiction piece based on
your memorable real- life
experience .

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