Types of Creative Non – Fiction Writing

Creative Non-Fiction encompasses a wide range, which includes:

• Literary journalism
• Travel writing
• Food writing
• Nature writing
• Personal essays
• Personal narratives
• Letter writing
• Descriptive paragraph writing
• And in today’s computer era, Blog writing

Food Writing: is a very popular and profitable line. If you like food and the way it’s presented, if you like food shows and enjoy eating in restaurants, taking in the ambiance, poring over the menu and if you have the flair for distinguishing flavours then this is for you. Food writing could be a restaurant review or an article about a particular cuisine followed by a few recipes. When you write about food the reader must want to try out the place you have described or must make a mental note of the dish and try it sometime.

A few tips that will come in handy are:

• • If you are writing about food, be sure to know where this specialty originated and what the ingredients are, not in theory but actually.
  • Read Menus in different eateries and see what each description does to you.
  • Activate your taste buds and your sense of smell as you see the delightful dish in front of you. Observing closely helps you describe it better making the reader swallow in anticipation!

Travel writing: This is another absorbing form of writing and reading for those who have a bit of Columbus in them! Different travel writers give different tips but some common tips are:

• Observe in great detail.
• Use short words and sentences. Do not give lengthy details.
• Use of adjectives that you normally never use should be avoided.
• Focus on what is interesting and different about the place.
• Try to find out what makes the place special.
• Avoid going into detail about what you did.
• A very pertinent tip is to describe at least one thing taken in by each of your senses. For example: “A common feature in all the houses here was the use of white lace drapes” or “the scent of tea leaves filled the air” or “Their cuisine had an abundant use of coconut which added a unique sweetness to all dishes” or “After eight at night, you could hear a pin drop” or “Beads of sweat began to appear as soon as we were out on the streets”With these tips, we should be able to make an attempt. Here is an example.