Creative Writing and Literature-Introduction,Fiction, Non-Fiction, Documentary, Mockumentary ,Docudrama

1. Creative Writing and Literature
Avinash Ravindran
Assistant Professor
Department of Vocational Studies
St. Mary’s College Thrissur

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INTRODUCTION
Creative writing is also known as ‘the art of making things up’. It is a
vital part of modern society. It is traditionally referred to as Literature.
This presentation is intended to explore the relationship between Creative
Writing and Literature. At the same time we will be going through the
variety of forms it takes.
The topics are :
• Fiction and Non-Fiction
• Documentary and Mockumentary
• Docufiction and Docu Drama
Comments and Criticism are welcome
Avinash Ravindran

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Fiction
• Fiction is any story or setting that is derived from imagination.
• Not based strictly on history or fact.
• Fiction is commonly broken down into a variety of genres: subsets of
fiction, each differentiated by a particular unifying tone or style,
narrative technique, media content, or popularly defined criterion.
• Fictional works that explicitly involve supernatural, magical, or
scientifically impossible elements are often classified under the genre
of fantasy.

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Fiction
Example :
Science fiction, for example, predicts or supposes technologies that are
not realities at the time of the work's creation.
Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, Harry Potter etc.

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Non-Fiction
• Non-fiction or nonfiction is content (sometimes, in the form of a story)
whose creator, in good faith, assumes responsibility for the truth or
accuracy of the events, people, or information presented.
• Nonfiction, which may be presented either objectively or subjectively
• It is traditionally one of the two main divisions of narratives (and,
specifically, prose writing)

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Non-Fiction
Example :
Academic paper, Academic publishing, Biographies, Autobiographies and
historical, scientific, technical, or economic writings etc.

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Documentary
• A documentary is a film or video examining an event or person based
on facts.
• The word can also refer to anything involving documents, consisting
of or based on official documents.
• It is also known as a 'Factual Programme' (a Programme based on
actual Facts) using pictures or interviews with people involved in real
events to provide a factual report on a particular subject.

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Documentary
Example :
Before the Flood (2016), Indias Daughter (2015), Sachin : A Billion
Dreams

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Mockumentary
• A television Programme or film which takes the form of a serious
documentary in order to satirize its subject.
• Mockumentary (a portmanteau of mock and documentary) or
Docucomedy is a type of movie or television show depicting fictional
events but presented as a documentary.
• These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current
events and issues by using a fictional setting, or to parody the
documentary form itself.
• Mockumentaries are often presented as historical documentaries, with
B roll and talking heads discussing past events, or as cinéma vérité
pieces following people as they go through various events.

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Mockumentary
Examples :
Bob Roberts (1992), FUBAR (2002)

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Docudrama
• A docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of radio and
television programming, feature film, and staged theatre, which
features dramatized re-enactments of actual events.
• It is a dramatized television film based on real events.
• On stage, it is sometimes known as documentary theatre.
• In the core elements of its story, a docudrama strives to adhere to
known historical facts, while allowing a greater or lesser degree of
dramatic license in peripheral details, and where there are gaps in the
historical record.

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Docudrama
Example :
Zodiac (2007), Snowden, 127 Hours

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Docufiction
• Docufiction (or docu-fiction), often confused with docudrama, is the
cinematographic combination of documentary and fiction, this term
often meaning narrative film.
• It is a film genre which attempts to capture reality such as it is (as
direct cinema or cinéma vérité) and which simultaneously introduces
unreal elements or fictional situations in narrative in order to
strengthen the representation of reality using some kind of artistic
expression.

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Docufiction
Example :
Carcasses (2009), Taxi (2015)

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Intuition
• It is the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need
for conscious reasoning.
• The word intuition comes from the Latin verb intueri translated as
"consider" or from the late middle English word intuit,
• ‘to contemplate”
• Intuition is a feeling or thought you have about something without
knowing why you feel that way. It’s a function of the unconscious
mind — those parts of your brain / mind, that you don’t consciously
control or perceive. It’s synonymous with “hunch” or “gut feeling.”

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Intuition
Example : Interpersonal intuition
Interpersonal intuition is the ability to understand, just by instinct, what
others are thinking and feeling. It’s one of the most useful life skills
because it enables you to work well with others and build beneficial
relationships. However, this sort of intuition is rarely used in philosophy.

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