Kinds of Creative Writing

creative writing relies to a large extent on imagination as opposed to the more intellectually-stimulating exercise required in technical writing, professional writing or journalistic writing.

The following falls under creative writing: Fiction, Drama, Autobiography, Poetry, Screen writing and those that combine these writings.

• Fiction – these are works that are based on writer’s imagination. These are not based on facts.
• Drama – this pertains to stories written for actors such as stage plays.
• Autobiography – this is the real life story of the writer.
• Poetry – makes use of words for aesthetic purposes.
• Screenwriting – writing for films or movies.

Creative Writing often explores writer’s feelings and thoughts not just writing facts.