Kateclodfelter's List: Creative Writing Industry

• the art of making things up
• creative writing can for the most part be considered any writing that is original and self-expressive.
• A news article, for example, cannot be considered creative writing because its main goal is to present facts and not to express the feelings of the writer.
• The purpose of creative writing is to both entertain and share human experience, like love or loss.
• Writers attempt to get at a truth about humanity through poetics and story telling.
• the first step is to use your imagination.
• Memoirs and personal essays, for example, can be written creatively to inform your readers about your life in an expressive way.

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• Creative writing, like art, is subjective, and therefore difficult to define.
• Fiction is made-up stuff borne from the imagination and therefore inherently creative. Poetry too, takes many liberties with language and imagery, and many poems are rooted almost entirely in creativity.
• Song lyrics also fit well with fiction and poetry, as does screenwriting, since all of these types of writing certainly require a significant level of imaginative and creative thinking.

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• Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.
• the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.
• The readers comprehend the complex ideas by comparing the emotions of the writer or poet to the references given by them.
• By and large, the use of allusions enables writers or poets to simplify complex ideas and emotions.

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• This can be real or imaginary and may refer to anything, including paintings, opera, folk lore, mythical figures, or religious manuscripts. The reference can be direct or may be inferred, and can broaden the reader’s understanding.
• An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or something that happened.
• Allusions engage the reader and will often help the reader remember the message or theme of the passage.
• Allusions allow the writer to give an example or get a point across without going into a lengthy discourse.
• allusions make reference to something other than what is directly being discussed,

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• Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.
• a situation that may end up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated.
• it is a difference between the appearance and the reality.
• two basic kinds of irony i.e. verbal irony and situational irony.
• verbal irony involves what one does not mean.
• In situational irony, both the characters and the audience are fully unaware of the implications of the real situation.
• In dramatic irony, the characters are oblivious of the situation but the audience is not.
• Like all other figures of speech, Irony brings about some added meanings to a situation.
• Ironical statements and situations in literature develop readers’ interest.
• Irony makes a work of literature more intriguing and forces the readers to use their imagination and comprehend the underlying meanings of the texts.
• Moreover, real life is full of ironical expressions and situations. Therefore, the use of irony brings a work of literature closer to the life.

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• use in sarcasm, comedy and just everyday conversation
• Irony can best be defined as that middle ground between what is said and what is meant
• This type of irony may occur when the outcome of a certain situation is completely different than what was initially expected.
• Dramatic irony occurs when there is miscommunication in a book, play or film and the audience is smarter than the characters.
• This is most often seen in horror films.
• The Socratic teaching method encourages students to think and present opposing views while the teacher plays ignorant.
• Socratic irony can be used as a tactical strategy in getting what you want.
• Sarcasm is yet another popular form of irony where the user intends to wittily attack or make a derogatory statement about something or someone.
• Sarcasm can often be funny and witty, yet simultaneously it can be hurtful and humiliating.

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• the self-published authors walk into the room, and they say, oh, well, 'I made a quarter million dollars last year, or $100,000, or made $10,000.' And it is still more than what some of these authors are making with their very prestigious contracts."
• Weinberg says there is still a strong financial case to be made for publishing books the old-fashioned way, but there are now many well-known independent authors who have made a fortune self-publishing online.
• One of those authors, Hugh Howey, recently published a report arguing that self-published writers earn more money overall from e-books than authors who have been signed by the big five publishing houses.
• Howey says he's just trying to point out that self-publishing can be a decent way to make a living even if you aren't selling millions of books.
• And he points out that self-published authors are able to keep 70 percent of royalties on all e-book sales.
• As a result, he says, many relatively unknown authors are making a decent living self-publishing their work.

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