Creative Non-Fiction

• Literary Journalism or Reportage - is a precise, well – researched report of which a reporter follows a topic, subject, or theme for a long period of time and then provides a personal angle on it.
• Literary Journalism - a form of nonfiction that combines factual reporting with narrative techniques and stylistic strategies traditionally associated with fiction.
• This form of writing can also be called new journalism
• Immersion reporting, complicated structures, character development, symbolism, voice, a focus on ordinary people and accuracy, are called new journalism
• Personal Narratives - are taken from real life situations where the writer depicts vividly the event, incident, or experience. It creates a dramatic effect to the readers by making readers’ laugh, be frightened, or make them feel at the edge of their seats
• Travelogue - embraces the personal accounts of a writer on travel as he or she evaluates the food, hotels, restaurants, and best sites to visit. A travelogue can be shown through a magazine, website, television or film. It also highlights affordable rates as well as expensive hangouts for tourists.
• Reflection Essay - - examines a writer’s perspectives in life by allowing the author introspect and ponder back if such situation created an impact on his/her life. It challenges the writer to think critically by exploring personal thoughts, feelings, and opinions on specific topic and subject
• Blogs/Vlogs - belongs to social networking service where it portrays an online discussion among writers as they engage in an informal diary – method of presenting their stories. Usually the posts are shown in reverse order so that the recent writings appear first.
• Blog (shortening of Weblog) - an online journal or informational website displaying information in the reverse chronological order, with the latest posts appearing first. It is a platform where a writer or even a group of writers share their views on an individual subject
• Flash nonfiction or Flash Essays - - are stories that are extremely brief and small. They are also known as micro fiction, short shorts, post card fiction etc. Ernest Hemingway once famously bet that one could write a story in just six words. Consider the following ‘story’ which won a flash fiction contest; the word count limit for this story was set at just 6 words!
• Flash fiction - Max 1500 words.
• Sudden fiction - Max 750 words
• Drabble or microfiction - Max 100 words.
• Dribble or minisaga - Max 50 words.
• Twitterature - Max 280 characters.
• six word story - Any story with a single-digit word count is a category unto itself
• Brevity - . Flash fiction compresses an entire story into the space of a few paragraphs. There is no defined word count for flash fiction, but some commonly used word limits in flash fiction range from just six words on the short end to around 1,000 words on the longer end
• A complete plot - A flash fiction story is indeed a story, with a beginning, middle, and end. This sets it apart from a prose poem or vignette, which can explore an emotion, memory, or thought without a plot.
• Surprise - . Great flash fiction often incorporates surprise, usually in the form of a twist ending or an unexpected last line. This is not a gimmick: the aim is to prompt the reader to think deeply about the true meaning of the story
• Testimonio - consist of a person’s written or spoken statement on a product or experience. It can be also seen as a historical biography.
• Testimonial literature - an authentic narrative, told by a witness who is moved to narrate by the urgency of a situation