CREATIVE

NONFICTION
To write creative nonfiction, a
writer must tell a fact based
story in an imaginative way
not as easy task as it sounds.
 ELEMENTS OF A GREAT (TRUE)
STORY
 You need to learn great story telling.

 Readers wanting more or leading to or

satisfying ending.

 Writers learn from struggles.

 WHAT IS A CREATIVE NON-FICTION?

 - it is writing about fact , rather than

fiction.

 Facts about “ “what” , “when” , “how”,

“where” who” , and “why”.
 Opening of the paragraph should trigger
the mind of the readers.

 From the same facts, we can tell

hundreds of different stories.

 Find your voice and perspective.

 EXAMPLES OF CREATIVE NONFICTION

 Personal Essay
  Memoir
  Autobiography
  Travel and Food Writing
 Non fiction is a writing that is true to facts and
history.
 Types of nonfiction ( news, autobiography,
e-mails, memos, and meeting minutes)
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Creative nonfiction questions, “ who, what,
where, why, how, when and why” is needed it is a
fact based age.

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Nonfiction writers should write lived experiences
or it must be supported with documents.