Academic writing is done in accordance of standard rules. Creative writing is done to the extent of the author’s imagination. Both formal and creative writing are forms of writing that use voice, evidence and structure, but are very different when it comes to fundamentals.
The voice in academic writing often sets the tone of where the writing is headed. The voice in academic writing is also formal in addressing the topic and readers. While the voice in creative writing tends to have common vocabulary and sensory words such as in, “Finding Your Voice,” by Ann Lamott, a casual voice is displayed, where she discusses that writers have a responsibility to open every closed door in order to write about the concealed, intimidating and inappropriate …show more content…
Academic writing uses factual evidence, quotes, and real examples to convey the meaning of their writing. This is displayed in, “Mother Tongue,” by Amy Tan when she gives an example of her mother’s English to make the reader further understand her mother’s broken English. This is shown when Tan’s mother talks about a political gangster that wanted to be adopted by her family, stating, “Du Yusong having business like fruit stand. Like off the street kind. He is Du like Du Zong--but not Tsung-ming Island People. The local people call putong, the river east side, he belong to that side local people. That man want to ask Du Zong father take him in like become own family,” this quote encapsulates the dialect of Amy Tan’s mother broken English involving incomplete sentences and adverbs misplaced or misused. While on the contrary, creative writing involves storytelling, fiction, figurative and descriptive language. An example is used in the short story “Snow,” by Ann Beattie when stating phrases as, “...You, in the white towel turban, like a crazy king of snow....You remember that the cold settled in stages, that small curve of light was shaved from the moon night after night….An artery cleared, though neither of us could have said where the heart was,” in all the examples figurative and sensory words are demonstrated to enhance the reader's imagination. In other words, both writings use evidence; however, the evidence differs due to creative writing focusing on description while academic writing uses
The voice in academic writing often sets the tone of where the writing is headed. The voice in academic writing is also formal in addressing the topic and readers. While the voice in creative writing tends to have common vocabulary and sensory words such as in, “Finding Your Voice,” by Ann Lamott, a casual voice is displayed, where she discusses that writers have a responsibility to open every closed door in order to write about the concealed, intimidating and inappropriate …show more content…
Academic writing uses factual evidence, quotes, and real examples to convey the meaning of their writing. This is displayed in, “Mother Tongue,” by Amy Tan when she gives an example of her mother’s English to make the reader further understand her mother’s broken English. This is shown when Tan’s mother talks about a political gangster that wanted to be adopted by her family, stating, “Du Yusong having business like fruit stand. Like off the street kind. He is Du like Du Zong--but not Tsung-ming Island People. The local people call putong, the river east side, he belong to that side local people. That man want to ask Du Zong father take him in like become own family,” this quote encapsulates the dialect of Amy Tan’s mother broken English involving incomplete sentences and adverbs misplaced or misused. While on the contrary, creative writing involves storytelling, fiction, figurative and descriptive language. An example is used in the short story “Snow,” by Ann Beattie when stating phrases as, “...You, in the white towel turban, like a crazy king of snow....You remember that the cold settled in stages, that small curve of light was shaved from the moon night after night….An artery cleared, though neither of us could have said where the heart was,” in all the examples figurative and sensory words are demonstrated to enhance the reader's imagination. In other words, both writings use evidence; however, the evidence differs due to creative writing focusing on description while academic writing uses