Creative Diary Writing

A diary can take many forms, from pages of text per day to a one-line ‘quote of the day’. These styles can be an interesting personal record, or form the basis of a creative fiction work.

The session begins with looking at some examples of fictional and real diaries.

Students then choose a style of diary and write either about their own life, or a fictional person in that format.

Topics:

• Ideas for diary formats
• Telling a story through diary writing
• Character development in diary writing and the unreliable narrator.