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• Creative Nonfiction, also known as literary non-fiction or narrative non-fiction, is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives.
• Creative non-fiction contrasts with other non-fiction, such as technical writing or journalism, which is also rooted in accurate fact, but is not primarily written in service to its craft.
• Creative non-fiction is a relatively young genre, and is only beginning to be scrutinized with the same critical analysis given to fiction and poetry.
• Creative non-fiction can be an essay, a journal article, a research paper, a memoir, or a poem; it can be personal or not.
• The writing in creative non-fiction must be based on fact, rather than fiction.
• The piece of writing in creative non-fiction is based on primary research.
• The writer in creative non-fiction must be able to document events or personal experiences.
• The writer in creative non-fiction often includes personal experience, feelings, thoughts, and opinions.
• The writer in creative non-fiction is required to explain the personal experience or topic to the reader.
• Creative non-fiction is often written in essay format.
• Elements of creative non-fiction include setting, descriptive imagery, plot, scope, sequence, nonlinear narrative, pacing, characters, point of view, and dialogue.
• Symbolism is a reaction against naturalism and realism.
• Imagism utilizes common speech; in creating new rhythms and moods; infinite choice of subject matter; excessive use of symbols and images; yet providing clarity in style.
• Modernism has arisen from two movements: “symbolism” and “imagism” which highly affected the poetic creation of the time.
• Types of creative non-fiction include personal essay, memoir, literary journalism essay, autobiography, travel writing, food writing, and profiles.
• Hyper Poetry, also known as Cyberpoetry, is a form of digital poetry that uses links using hypertext mark-up.
• Hyper Poetry is a very visual form, related to hypertext fiction and visual arts.
• Hypertext poems include "hypertextual features" which are mostly composed of hyperlinks that lead to a nonlinear reading of the text.
• One ancestral genre to hypertext poetry is the hypertext.
• The information offered by websites is presented on static pages, in the form of evergreen content that doesn’t require any updates.
• Feminist writers restate gender in association with other categories such as race and class, using literature as a strong medium to fight for the rights of women and especially of women writers.
• Headlines should be attention grabbers, as naming a blog post is an art by itself.
• Blog posts are like diary entries, including a publishing date and meta tags.
• Modernism, which has its origin in the early 20th century, explored and experimented with literary form and expression, it was the outcome of drastic efforts to change traditional representation styles into new ways of expressing sensibilities of the time.
• The blog’s leading star is its content, with different blogs publishing different types of posts, though a majority of them relies on the power of the written word.
• Digital or Cyber literature is the latest trend in which works of creation are exclusively on and for digital devices, with the writer relying on cyber medium like website, blogs or social media pages.
• The Realist Movement authors attempted to represent familiar things as they were, choosing to reflect every day and banal activities and experiences instead of using a romantic story line with exaggeration.
• Blog posts are displayed in reverse chronological order, with the newest posts being on top.
• A blog must always be dynamic, as opposed to a website which can be static.
• Existentialism is a famous movement of the time, fighting for the existence of human being as an individual; as a free person in literary work.
• The Marxist movement began in early 20th century with Karl Marx’s idea of utopian world; a classless society, with many writers after Industrialization feeling the requirement of a society without class-struggle and clashes.
• Most blogs have the same structure, starting with a header with the menu or navigation bar, followed by the main content area on which blog posts appear either by order of publishing or by relevance, and ending with contact pages, privacy policies, and relevant links arranged in a footer.
• The Aesthetic Movement gained popularity due to its being in favor of Catholicism and mysticism, with aesthetes believing in the idea that the art is useless if it is in commitment with the ideas of morality and standard of conduct.
• New entries and regular updates are key to running any kind of blog.
• A blog is an online journal or informational website displaying information in the reverse chronological order, with the latest posts appearing first.
• Science fiction is a trend which is the outcome of totally opposite realms i.e. facts and imagination.
• Spread in an Illustrated Novel are two facing pages in a printed book.
• Extreme long shot in an Illustrated Novel are images that show images or characters in a really small scale.
• In an Illustrated Novel, a Panel is a distinct segment of the comic, containing images and text.
• Special-effect lettering in an Illustrated Novel is lettering that draws attention to text; often highlights onomatopoeia and impact words (wow, bang).