One division of the kinds of writings is as follows:
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- Creative Writing - interestingly, creative writing is a vague term, but it includes (while isn't limited to) fiction (across the genres), poetry, drama, screenwriting, autobiographies and more.
Another way to divide the kinds of writing is from a target audience, or purpose point of view. So there can be:
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- Journalists, columnists, article writers (staff or
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Expository Writing - where the writing serves to explain, inform-
Descriptive Writing - writing that serves to show, describe-
Narrative Writing - tells a story-
Persuasive Writing - arguing for or against an issue - Creative Writing - interestingly, creative writing is a vague term, but it includes (while isn't limited to) fiction (across the genres), poetry, drama, screenwriting, autobiographies and more.
Another way to divide the kinds of writing is from a target audience, or purpose point of view. So there can be:
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Academic writing - includes essays, research papers, reports and so on, each of them may use some of the modes listed above.-
Professional Writing - writing for academic or scientific journals, business reports, position papers, policy statements, and the likes, because these have to follow a standardized form.-
Business writing - includes technical writing, business plan writing, resume writing, letter writing etc.-
Copywriting - writing marketing text, grant writing- Journalists, columnists, article writers (staff or
freelance) - these writers write for newspapers and magazines either news articles, commentary or articles which focus on a certain subject-
Non-fiction book writers-
Fiction -Renexto
