Creative Writing vs. Technical Writing
Creative Writing vs. Technical Writing
Creative Writing vs. Technical Writing
Differences Between
Technical & Creative
Writing
Writing can be grouped into five
basic types: technical, creative,
expressive, expository, and
persuasive. To help understand
technical writing, it may help to
compare it to the other types.
Expressive writing
• is a subjective response to a
personal experience—journals
and diaries—whereas technical
writing might be objective
observations of a work-related
experience or research.
Expository writing
• “exposes” a topic analytically and
objectively, such as news reports.
Like technical writing, the goal of
expository writing is to explain or
reveal knowledge, but expository
writing does not necessarily expect a
response or action from the reader.
Persuasive writing
• depends on emotional
appeal. Its goal is to change
attitudes or motivate to
action.
Technical writing
• conveys specific information
about a technical subject to a
specific audience for a
specific purpose.
Creative writing
• is fiction—poetry, short
stories, plays, and novels—
and is most different from
technical writing.
Imagery
It can be defined as a writer or
speaker’s use of words or figures of
speech to create a vivid mental
picture or physical sensation.
Imagery is language used by poets,
novelists and other writers to create
images in the mind of the reader.
Imagery includes figurative and
metaphorical language to improve the
reader’s experience through their
senses.
Example 1