What is meant by non-academic writing?

Non-academic writing may be considered that writing which
is personal, emotional, impressionistic, or subjective in nature.  Such writing is often
found in personal journal entries, reader response writing, memoirs, any kind of
autobiographical writing, and letters, e-mails, and text messages.  And, since this
writing is of a personal nature, the level of language used is often informal and more
conversational.  Such constructions as contractions and idiomatic expressions,
colloquialisms, even slang may be evident in non-academic writing. Usually, the first or
second person is employed, a point of view that is inappropriate to academic
writing. 

The sentence structure and organization of
ideas is also informal in non-academic writing.  Fewer transitions are probably used and
simpler, less formalized sentences are written.  Dialogue may even find its way into
non-academic writing.  Certainly, creative fiction falls into the category of
non-academic writing.