1. Creative Nonfiction
The wide open spaces in contemporary literature
By Dominique Gerald M. Cimafranca
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3. CREATIVE NONFICTION
Uses the Factual
techniques
of literature
●
Narrative ●
Not made up
●Plot ●
Accurate
●
Characterization ●
Interviews
●
Imagery ●
Research
●Dramatization ●Immersion
4. “Ultimately, the primary goal of the
creative nonfiction writer is to
communicate information, just like a
reporter, but to shape it in a way that
reads like fiction.”
--Lee Gutkind, The Best Creative Nonfiction
6. Journalism
Creative vs
Nonfiction
Technical
Writing
Tells a true story in an Conveys information
engaging manner; retains efficiently and
author's personality and objectively
biases
7. Lessons from the Front Lines
Engl107 Feature Writing
AB Engl / 2nd Semester SY 2008-2009
17. “Pearls Before Breakfast”
By Gene Weingarten
“Frank Sinatra Has a Cold”
By Gay Talese
“In Cold Blood”
By Truman Capote
“Wowowillie”
By Yes! Magazine
