Sentences with phrase «as a short story writer»

Though Patchett, like other MFA grads, started out as a short story writer, once she started writing novels «it was as if I had stretched out,» she said, explaining that going back to the format would be similar to moving from a small apartment into a house and then saying you had to move back to the apartment.

Ultimately, as a short story writer, Gustine is on the right path.

Having an author website can be a great way to promote yourself as a short story writer!

As a short story writer, I'm sure you've received your share of rejection slips.

Not exact matches

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

AG: The shorter version of my story is that I'd been working as a freelance food writer for about a decade but felt called to do something different.

Musician (Blues, country, Rock, semi classical [own compositions]-RRB- International writer (Poetry / short stories, paxbellumhathotmaledotcodotuk), International artist, I love animals and have a rescue German Shepherd I enjoy cooking for friends, gardening, I also act as a voluntary carer.

Deniz Gamze Ergüven, who makes her feature debut as writer - director after a couple of short films, tells the story exclusively from the girls» point of view — both emotionally, as they have all our sympathy, and physically, as almost nothing happens that one of them could not be seeing.

Rebel in the Rye offers a cursory glance at every stage of Salinger's career, including his time at Columbia, his service in World War II, his emergence as a short - story writer for The New Yorker, the 1951 publication of The Catcher in the Rye and its overwhelming success, and his later retreat into total seclusion in New Hampshire.

Adapted by esteemed crime writer Dennis Lehane from his short story «Animal Rescue,» the movie doesn't have the same cynicism as past adaptions of the author's work («Mystic River,» «Gone Baby Gone»), but it's a grimy little crime drama that harkens back to the great Sidney Lumet films of the 1970s.

An aspiring writer, Tracy becomes so inspired by her new stepsister and their adventures, she uses Brooke as the subject for her short story.

Brooke, as played by Greta Gerwig in director Noah Baumbach's brilliant indie screwball comedy, Mistress America, is also a freelance interior decorator of at least one hip laser hair removal center waiting room, a plagiarized T - shirt designer, a writer of stories — not short stories, though — an aspiring SAT tutor, and maybe a cabaret singer too, sometimes.

Each story in Channel 4's 10 - episode anthology series is based on a short story by legendary sci - fi writer Philip K. Dick, whose works have previously been adapted into such classic and blockbusting movies as «Blade Runner,» «Total Recall» and «Minority Report.»

WHY: Adapted by esteemed crime writer Dennis Lehane from his own short story, «The Drop» doesn't have the same cynicism as past adaptions of the author's work, but it's a grimy little crime drama that harkens back to the great Sidney Lumet films of the 1970s.

Meanwhile, aspiring writer Tracy secretly uses Brooke as material for a short story, setting the stage for a series of dueling agendas that naturally erupt during the chaotic final act.

Baumbach is one of cinema's sharpest writers of naturalistic dialogue, capable of ringing out layers of meaning from casual exchanges, and here he's at his pithy best: Bernard's offhand categorization of his student's short story to his teenage son as «very feminist but very interesting» belies depths of misogyny and elitism, while his graceless romantic counsel to Walt leads the teen to ditch his perfectly reasonable girlfriend, Sophie (Halley Feiffer), with the same projectiles of secondhand rhetoric that he unveiled to initially charm her.

Based on the short story by Donald A. Wollheim, Mimic (1997), an early effort from Pan's Labyrinth writer - director Guillermo del Toro, finds Mira Sorvino (not long after her Mighty Aphrodite Oscar win) cast as a scientist who creates a new strain of insect to help combat a deadly disease that's being spread by cockroaches across New York City.

There's not a lot more to say as far as plot is concerned in regards to writer / director Andrew Haigh's (Weekend) sophomore feature 45 Years, itself a loose adaptation of the short story by writer David Constantine, yet the film itself is extraordinary.

(He's also been a novelist and short - story writer, something that Ismailos doesn't bring up, though she does get into his sideline career as a Hollywood screenwriter / script doctor for hire on everything from «Piranha» to «Jurassic Park.»)

Adapted from the James Joyce story of the same name (it has featured in the acclaimed Irish writer's short works collection Dubliners), The Dead was Huston's 37th feature film as a director, and came just two years after his final Academy Award ® nomination for Prizzi's Honor.

First impressions are lasting impressions, and as a writer, you rarely get a second chance to make one, especially when you write short stories and novels for a reading public that wants to be impressed immediately...

As more of a novelist than a short story or serial writer, I think it's great.

As writer Denise Barnes recently remarked to me at the Romantic Novelists Association annual conference, where I was a guest speaker, there's not that big a leap from writing themed collections of short stories to producing a novel.

Having a butterfly mind is part and parcel of being a short - form writer, as I am, churning out short stories, flash fiction, blog posts and journalism, never dwelling on any one project for long.

There are other stories, though, particularly in the latter half of the book, such as «The River Warta,» that read like workshops for writers, teaching them the mechanics of short stories without the distraction of feeling anything for the characters: You introduce the character this way, hit this beat, give the reader something to chew on right here, and soon you have a workable short story.

«My Parents» Bedroom,» a story from his short story collection, Say You're One of Them, was one of five short stories by African writers chosen as finalists for The Caine Prize for African Writing 2007.

Etgar Keret, an Israeli author / filmmaker, is known internationally as a writer of short, fantastical, and extremely funny stories that are sure to have you laughing and thinking at the same time.

«My Parents» Bedroom», a story included in this, his first book, was one of five short stories by African writers chosen as finalists for The Caine Prize for African Writing.

If you need convincing that Mantel is as able a short - story writer as she is a novelist, there are a few samples of her short fiction online:

The dabbling poet and short story writer, who'd been raised in the same mining village as D H Lawrence, and who had made his living in the oil industry, broadcasting, banking, and as an international management consultant in fields ranging from parliaments to law enforcement, suddenly found himself struck by the idea that this fascinating country — in such a complex state of temporal and national limbo — would make an extraordinary setting for a crime thriller.

Billed as «A Conversation» between Patchett and her friend and fellow writer Edith Pearlman (whose short story collection is a finalist in this year's National Book Awards), watching two authors chat before a considerable crowd in the War Memorial Auditorium was a glimpse into the writer's world that stood out from the crowd of readings and panel discussions.

Even short - story writers rarely if ever refer to themselves (or are referred to) as authors.

Her latest collection advances the widely held conviction that Munro reigns as the best short story writer in English today.

Editor Constance Renfrow features short stories from writers that are all, as would be guessed from the title, Millennials themselves.

There are very few professional writers making as much money off short story sales as they are off novel sales.

Indiana Review publishes work by both established and emerging writers, and works by contributors to have been awarded the Pushcart Prize and reprinted in The Pushcart Prize Anthology: Best of the Small Presses, as well as in Best American Short Stories, Best American Poetry, and The O. Henry Prize Stories.

Jacking the price of a 30 page short up to $ 9.99 or even $ 4.99 would be suicide for a short story writer (unless you're Hugh Howey;)-RRB- Also as an aside.

Most often, those panels, conferences, and workshops were taught by professional writers, with «professional» being defined as anything from one short story sold to one novel sold fifteen years ago to making a living as a writer.

How and why Beth got started with short stories and how writing and selling them helped her improve her craft, gain confidence as a writer, and eventually find an agent and a publisher.

Yep, my friend started out as a fantasy writer, couldn't get anywhere despite selling some short stories and being very well received, and wound up writing historical m / m and fantasy in English.

Most people know Emma Donoghue (no relation, unless you go way back to the roots buried in the bog) as the author of Room, but she has been a prolific novelist and writer of short stories, mysteries, literary history and much more.

My absolute favorite form of writing both as a reader and writer is the short story, and I am always looking for new ones.

Popular author and short - story writer Ozick makes a strong and witty claim that critics need new fiction just as much as novelists need great critics in order to build a healthy literary community.

As each new volume of Trevor short stories appears, the Irish writer never fails to demonstrate an immaculate mastery of the form.

It is supported by its own library touted as the «YouTube» of eBooks where both amateur and professional writers can share content by uploading their published and unpublished works for readers to download, and there are tons of fiction short stories, fantasies, science fiction, romance, etc., that you won't find in Kindle or Nook sites.

I'm just starting out as a writer, shopping my first short story for magazine publication.

Even many «real» writers have published experiments, such as short stories and novellas, putting little effort into the book, hoping to learn something from the sales (or probable lack thereof).

Most contemporary novels are written from first - or third - person perspectives, but many prominent writers (such as Junot Diaz and Lorrie Moore) have written short stories from a second - person POV on more than one occasion.

My other writings include book reviews (published in Fantasy magazine Black Gate, and SF Site), a handful of short stories (I'm a contributor to the Cast of Characters anthology edited by Lou Aronica), and a number of articles on writing and publishing that have appeared in venues such as Writer's Digest and Romance Readers Report.

As writers, we tend to know how long, in general it takes us to write a short story or a novel or so many words.