Sentences with phrase «more fiction writers»

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Micah Levi Conkling challenges Christian readers and writers to demand more of spiritual fiction.

What I found, in addition to more wonderful reading, was a writer who had lived in many of the worlds evoked by his fiction.

These problems are of such magnitudes and complexity that the quality of the future of our planetary existence now confronts us as something more than just a theoretical or imaginative issue first detailed for us by the writers of science fiction.

Nothing is more damaging to fiction, she wrote, than writers who try to impose their beliefs on their novels in a forced or unnatural way.

Many a lesser writer would have pared down «The Coming of Vertumnus», the 50 - page title story of Ian Watson's new science fiction collection, to make it more acceptable to editors.

Full marks to Gollancz for publishing this collection of stories by one of Britain's consistently finest science fiction writers — but it, and other book publishers, would be doing themselves, writers and readers a favour by providing more outlets for short fiction.

Europa, an ice - swaddled jovian satellite that has long fascinated both scientists and science fiction writers, just got a bit more interesting.

Aside from the sorts of paradoxes beloved by science fiction writers — a time traveler who accidentally kills his own grandparents, say — time travel has more subtle, theoretical problems.

Not the American science fiction writer whose novels spawned hit films such as Blade Runner and Total Recall — he died more than 20 years ago — but a state - of - the - art robot named after the author.

You don't have to look too far or to deep to find the similarities among writer / director Andrew Niccol's three science fiction films (I'm ignoring The Host, which is more Stephanie Meyer than Niccol).

Synopsis: Based on a story by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, «Minority Report» is an action - detective thriller set in Washington D.C. in 2054,... [MORE]

Writer - producer - editor - director Krik (his director's credit reads «Dave Herman,» apparently out of concern that weaving too much inconvenient truth in with the genre fiction might attract the wrath the shadow conspirators), might have done better to deliver less retro larkiness and more straight facts.

In addition to running original fiction by major authors (Stephen King was a regular), the magazine contained features about older writers such as Lovecraft and Machen along with book reviews by Thomas Disch, film reviews by Gahan Wilson, interviews and more.»

Ernest Cline, author of bestselling science fiction novel Ready Player One, is undoubtedly even more pumped than your average writer, given that a large chunk of his narrative is given over to his Spielberg - fueled»80s obsession.

Anyone who feared that the writer's directorial debut would abandon the cerebral, doughty fare of his previously - penned Sunshine, Never Let Me Go and roughly 15 minutes of 2011's Dredd need not have worried — more than any of Garland's previous efforts, Ex Machina weighs the heavier side of science fiction and what it means to be human.

Annihilation shares more than a few ideas with Tarkovsky's twin science - fiction masterpieces, Solaris, an adaptation of Polish writer Stanislaus Lem's novel, and Stalker, Tarkovsky's adaptation of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's novel, «Roadside Picnic.»

Johnson brought in Shane Carruth, writer - director of the meticulously planned and way more convoluted time - travel thriller «Primer» (2004) to do some special effects work, which indicates to me that RJ is fairly serious about his science - fiction.

If you think I might be reading too much into this childish piffle, consider that any film which casts Garry Marshall, of all people, as a weaselly Harlan Ellison (or, more accurately and «subtly,» a weaselly science - fiction writer named «Donald Harlan») obviously has something on its mind.

There are few things more terrible than the death of a child, or more frequently exploited by fiction writers for the sake of a cheap cry.

The script for the film, which boasts two writers with cultish followings, Neil Gaiman (Stardust, Mirrormask) and Roger Avary (The Rules of Attraction, Pulp Fiction), had been in the works for almost a decade, finally coming to fruition with one of the more visually stunning films you're ever likely to see.

Three years later, Cameron's sophomore feature as writer and director, a small science fiction film, was released to far more distinction.

«At the same time, there is a strong evidence - base indicating that the use of dramatic enquiry — a drama - based practice where the teacher and pupils work in roles within a fiction to explore a story in a particular setting with developing characters — as well as the creation of a «community of writers», where the teacher writes alongside the children as a role model, can make the process of writing more meaningful for children.»

Write regularly, write about what you know, imitate writers you admire, don't be afraid of rejection... — those tips and more from an experienced editor of fiction for young readers!

Furthermore, fiction writers want a platform to sell more books, meet readers, and increase their value.

Duotrope Website: www.duotrope.com Subscription - based service for writers that offers a searchable database of current fiction, poetry, and non fiction markets, a calendar of upcoming deadlines, submissions trackers, and more.

A discussion regarding the genres of science fiction and fantasy — how the markets are changing, what writers can do to improve their craft in these genres, and much more.

More specifically, I queried: Will today's community of literary writers and readers always remain part of the establishment of traditional publishing houses, or will it eventually evolve to be represented by indie fiction?

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If you're a fiction writer, you'll be even more challenged to provide compelling business evidence in your query letter.

Because it's geared more generally toward fiction and non-fiction authors, I offer one caveat for fiction writers specifically:

Awards of $ 15,000 each are given annually to women and transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, or otherwise gender - nonconforming poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Philadelphia area who have been creating art for social change for five or more years.

I think it's fair to say that's what a fiction writer is most often drawn to — tumult of one kind or another; and in that sense the family in the last quarter century seems to me to be among the most fascinating of human social or economic inventions — more than business or real estate, no matter what Tom Wolfe says, more than the church or the law or the hospital.

The first is a contest for fan fiction writers, who will craft their own original take on the structure, characters, setting, or more, before adding their own immersive soundtrack to accompany the work.

More than sixty - five thousand words of original fiction from USA Todaybestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.

Maybe soon all this book gaming will start to piss readers off when there's hardly any good books to read any more, then they'll go looking for writers who stuck with it and write good fiction, rather than just pumping out crap and then gaming the system.

Whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction, smart writers who know how to build their catalog around funnels will always make more money directly with their words than writers who publish their work using the old «hope and pray» business plan.

There is also the problem of writing in more than one genre or having no book available yet, that makes content creation more challenging for some fiction writers.

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Other more prolific fiction writers don't have fiction platforms for all their books, but do have writing blogs which they use to lead any interested readers to their works.

For fiction writing, I've gotten more out of just writing and submitting, and out of getting feedback from other fiction writers.

Here are 31 reputable, well - reviewed, free writing contests for poets, fiction writers, essayists and more.

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You can learn more about Alan's journey as a fiction writer on his blog: FictiveUniverse.com.

Spend a week with John Updike, one of the few writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.

While opponents of the writing point to fan fiction as being nothing more than outright theft of authors» works, supporters of these writers — who include the likes of Hugh Howey, Blake Crouch, and Barbara Freethy — recognize the writing ability of fan fiction authors, coupled with the almost worshipful love of a published work that leads them to continue the story long after the cover is closed.

Authors responding were skewed farther more towards fiction authors, partly due to the involvement of writers» associations who helped promote the survey.

I feel like you (Hugh) are another example of an author who doesn't feel the need to compete with other authors, who happily shares his work with fans and fan fiction writers, who engages his readers on social media, and more.

After a more than a decade of publishing women's fiction at Penguin UK and Headline, Evans left the industry to become a full - time writer.

I write memoir, but as for fiction writers and blogging, I am always interested in knowing more about the authors I love.

And one more for good measure: Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest recognizes work by an emerging writer (no published work, traditional or indie) in each of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and pWriter's Contest recognizes work by an emerging writer (no published work, traditional or indie) in each of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and pwriter (no published work, traditional or indie) in each of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.