Sentences with phrase «about nonfiction writing»

The standards also mention something about nonfiction writing, but all of the examples in the appendix seem to be only more two - page efforts that will far from challenge the capability of our students in academic writing.

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He approached me about writing the fiction side of The Day I Met Jesus after he found out I wrote fiction as well as nonfiction.

Highlands Ranch, Colorado About Blog Terry has written more than 60 nonfiction books plus been published in more than 50 magazines.

Adelaide, South Australia About Blog For freelance writers, writing fiction, nonfiction and copywriting.

Eco was a longtime professor at Europe's oldest university, the University of Bologna, and an expert in the field of semiotics who wrote more than 20 nonfiction books about how signs and symbols can be used to interpret cultural history.

They also expect students to prepare for the workplace by reading and writing about a wide variety of nonfiction texts.

When it comes to fiction versus nonfiction, the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts isn't «an either or thing,» says Marfè Ferguson Delano, a nonfiction children's book writer whose books often connect her young readers to novels on the subjects she writes about.

To succeed, students simply need vastly more time to purposefully read, discuss, and write about worthy, substantive literature and nonfiction across the curriculum (as often as possible, in the interpretive and argumentative mode).

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The other awesome thing about nonfiction eBooks is that they're actually much easier to sell than fiction, and you can make more money overall, which can then allow you to fund your fiction writing efforts.

He shares some great tips about writing and marketing nonfiction books, Facebook marketing for fiction and nonfiction authors, and other great marketing tips and advice.

One of the ways that you can draw readers in and establish a platform is through consistent blogging about your topic if you're nonfiction author, or about your writing and other books if you're a fiction author.

Matthew Gilbert (MG) Herron writes nonfiction about the intersection of technology and creativity.

We've helped to redefine expectations about African writing in terms of high - quality genre fiction, creative nonfiction, and under - represented characters and places.

Noah has appeared across the country at graduate programs and writing conferences speaking about query letters, building nonfiction platforms and submission etiquette.

If you're writing nonfiction, explain exactly what information or content is in your book and talk about how it's organized if that's relevant.

If you're writing a serious nonfiction book about psychology, business, history, etc., your expertise and credibility will be critical.

Jennifer Niven has written four novels for adults - American Blonde, Becoming Clementine, Velva Jean Learns to Fly, and Velva Jean Learns to Drive - as well as three nonfiction books - The Ice Master, Ada Blackjack, and The Aqua - Net Diaries, a memoir about her high school experiences.

For nonfiction, establishing yourself as an expert and differentiating your book from the others written about the same topic will help sell your book.

Following is a collection of books about writing, publishing and promoting nonfiction books, as well as some related topics, authored by past speakers and friends of the Nonfiction Authors Association.

I'm already a fan of Chris Fox's nonfiction buts but Write to Markets makes you reconsider everything you thought you knew about writing a successful book and thank is powerful.

One thing I learned from the two nonfiction anthology proposals I wrote is that it taught me to think about the target audience for my book and also to look at the competition and see what the heck was out there already.

Ask her questions about indie publishing or (you guessed it) the writing process — specifically, the process of writing your nonfiction book.

If you've written a nonfiction book, focus on giving talks about your subject matter or staging book signings in venues where interested audiences already gather (veteran's halls, specific clubs, etc).

AUTOGRAPHED COPY *** Winner can also take advantage of a free 30 - minute call with the author to ask any questions about writing a nonfiction book and getting it published.

I'll be joining an amazing lineup of people talking about writing, publishing, and marketing nonfiction books.

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He wrote the book on writing fiction, and he has built mailing lists both as a fiction and nonfiction author, so no matter what genre you're writing in, he has some great tips and knowledge about building an e-mail list.

WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS RESIDENCY Writers in the Schools (WITS), a program of Seattle Arts & Lectures, is looking for creative writers — poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school teachers.

In her nonfiction debut book on love and modern medicine, «Memoirs of a Surgeon's Wife: I'm Throwing Your Damn Pager into the Ocean», and on her weekly blog, The Savvy Surgeon's Wife, she writes about love, parenting, writerly pursuits, and this daring adventure we call life.

This isn't specific to books anymore, it's about all kinds of writing: articles, blog posts, poems, short stories, flash fiction, novels, memoirs, nonfiction books... all of it.

When I'm not at the beach, I write women's fiction and nonfiction about plot, the Universal Story, and personal transformation.

Fellows will participate in three intensive workshops focusing on developing, writing, marketing, and publishing their creative nonfiction stories about harmonies between science and religion.

Trauma - based nonfiction is popular in this current moment, but what personal and professional costs are associated with writing about... more

In this class, you'll take a close look at the writing and research skills needed to craft engaging nonfiction about scientific discovery, research, and policy, and practice them over the course of five weeks.

I know when I wrote the proposals for both nonfiction anthologies, «The Other Man» and «Equality,» I realized they both needed subtitles to let readers know what the book was really about.

At a low point in my writing career, just as I was thinking about giving up, I received the good news that one of my stories had been selected for the annual Pushcart Prize anthology of the best short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry of the previous year.

I was a magazine journalist who had written a few nonfiction articles about Maine game wardens, and one Saturday morning, I started noodling around with a short piece of fiction — not even a story, just an anecdote — about a rookie warden and a marauding black bear.

With my nonfiction hat on, I wrote a book on 19th - century murder and how real - life crimes were used for entertainment purposes: Where today we have films about the Boston strangler or whatever, they had plays and novels and even puppet shows.

Trauma - based nonfiction is popular in this current moment, but what personal and professional costs are associated with writing about trauma?

On the Kindle store, fiction outsells nonfiction by a wide margin, so I expected that the blog's most popular posts in 2017 would be about writing fiction.

«An excellent writing conference... helpful and practical for understanding [and] developing your nonfiction work and learning [about] the burgeoning writing marketplace.»

I write about NONFICTION!

Her historical poetry collection was published by FutureCycle Press (fall 2017) http://futurecycle.org/index.php/en/catalog/by-title/item/437-this-passing-fever and a craft book about writing flash fiction and nonfiction will be published by Vine Leaves Press in spring 2018.

In a recent interview, indie writer Joanna Penn said that her fiction and nonfiction (teaching people how to write and publish) bring in about the same amount of revenue, but the crossover in audience is only about 10 percent.

-LSB-...] an earlier post I wrote about how nonfiction authors can begin to use keywords related to their book to attract readers.

You may also have to write a back - of - the - book blurb about your story or nonfiction project.

The good, the bad, and the biting truth: the writing in this issue is what creative nonfiction is all about.

If you're writing nonfiction, you will naturally write about what you know best and do as much research as possible to present information that is current.

But she was telling me all about story arch and I write nonfiction... magazine articles... and am a polled reader's favorite...