Creative-Writing vs Technical-Writing

You might be curious to know about the difference between creative writing and technical writing.

After learning what creative writing actually is and how you can get started in it, we're going to compare the two of them directly.

There are writers all over the world, all of which fall into the two main categories. Also it's important to note that there are millions which have been made from both creative as well as technical writing. Some people have made fortunes whilst others have made nothing.

Looking at both sides at the same time it's not that hard to notice that you can gain enjoyment from both, but it's safe to say that both of them exist to serve different purposes. They both come with their separate do's and don't and both have their own rules. They also appear everywhere. So what are the main differences?

This is my take on it: Creative writing is written for the right brain and the technical writing is written for the left one. The right brain is creative, while the left one is logical. There's more to this than you might think.

Looking deeper into Creative Writing

Creative writing's purpose is to both entertain as well as educate. The majority of us enjoy reading interesting stories and novels, not necessarily because they're helpful to use but because we get a certain feeling of pleasure from reading them and this is the type of pleasure that you can not get from reading technical writing.

There are also plenty of genres which creative writing is dispersed into as well as a wide selection of articles about the same. It seems to be following a set of given rules and also sometimes throwing caution to winds and breaking each and every one of them. Regardless of case talent is still a necessary ingredient if you'd like to be able to write in a creative way. However, writing can certainly be improved with practice. Still, not having the necessary talent would mean that you're going to have a hard time giving pleasure to anyone with it.

The most important things to keep in mind when it comes to creative writing are skills and talent.

Let's look deeper into technical writing now

When it comes to technical writing, the sole purpose of it is to inform a reader and sometimes trigger them into taking action which would be beneficial towards the writer. This certainly isn't a subject which I plan on covering here (copywriting), but if you'd like to learn more about it you can certainly do so by reading popular blogs online.

There are plenty of examples you can get your hands on which display technical writing in full effect. And if you look at them in the light of copywriting you'll notice how much more sense it all makes. Copywriters have some of the highest paying writing jobs and they're responsible for advertisements, pitches, sales letters, etc.

The purpose of technical writing isn't to entertain. It does have its own rules, do's and don'ts, masterpieces as well as trash that didn't amount to anything. There is an entire art form to it even though not one which is that branched out. You can practice either online technical writing or offline technical writing. The thing you have to consider if you're really into mastering this type of writing is to master concise and magnetic writing which will draw people's attention in.

Do you know plenty about concise writing? 

I am and so I know that creative leads as well as hooks contribute a lot when it comes to it.

So that's about it for both. The main difference between creative writing and technical writing is that the creative is written with the main purpose in mind being to entertain and the technical writing is written in a way that it informs a prospect in a formal manner and to make them take certain action such as make a purchase.

This is basically the main difference. And at the start of this article I mentioned about the right brain as well as the left brain. However, they also deserve their own separate article and not here. You'd be surprised at how much these things are related.