Sentences with phrase «actually writing any of the stories»

Still, when you say the novella character was kicking around in your head I would assume you weren't actually writing any of the stories down.

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These outfits have been largely hoisted on their own financial petards and now they can't figure out a way to get their deals out the door and sell their story to the public suckers without the embarrassment of a downward valuation when the underwriters actually start writing the deal book; and (3) They're already a dead dog, living on borrowed time.

There's also a growing body of research that suggests that getting lost in well - written stories actually can actually make you better leader.

No God wrote any bible as the bible is simply a book of compiled stories written by people and the bible was actually written 300 years after the birth of Jesus (if he was) and the reality is most American ministers, priest, etc could have never read the first bible since it was written in Greek and changed over, and over, and over again.

So in addition to the Top 10 of the year, I wanted to share a couple more posts — these are the posts that I actually liked or feel represent my year of writing, even if no one else liked them or tweeted about them, even if they are an out - of - fashion style of blogging like story - telling or moment - capturing.

Although Martin Scorsese's film adaptation of this novel in the 1980s drew the full brunt of scorn from the evangelical community, who were scandalized at the idea that Jesus was actually tempted, the basic story is a stunningly - written and imaginative exploration of the idea of that Jesus was «tempted in every way, just as we are — yet he did not sin.»

J. W. C. Wand, an Anglican theologian, wrote several decades ago that «it is actually possible to regard transfiguration as the fundamental idea in the Christian religion and as placing in a nutshell the whole story of the individual Christian life as well indeed as that of society as a whole.»

It is also impressive that before these true stories about Jesus were written down (in that 27 - 30 year period) Christians would sort of have «story time» and orally present the events we find in the Gospels, and there was absolutely no room for fluffing up the story or saying something false because during that time, people who actually witnessed Jesus» ministry were still alive and would have quickly corrected the mistakes.

Jacobs also helpfully reminds readers of what was actually happening in Lewis's life when he first began to write these stories.

David wrote, «In the story of Babel it was actually the unifying efforts of religion that caused the dispersion: «Let us build a tower unto the heavens lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the earth!»»

You accept the stories in the Bible without question, despite not having the slightest idea of who actually wrote them, how credible these people were or how long the stories were written after the alleged events they record occurred.

Now that people are more aware of how this scheme works it might be a different story, just as how more people are now aware of how the Bible was actually written and the actual age of the universe to actually accept it as completely factual and as any kind of evidence for a god.

They are written by Sam Riviera, and are based on the true stories of people he actually knows in real life.

I think that a bible with only stories of what Jesus actually said and did, with a big foreword saying «here is the stuff that people wrote down, years after he died, about what Jesus said and did... would be a lot more meaningful and accurate than what we have now.

What I didn't realize until years later is that I actually loved the story and the writing itself, I simply hated Nick, the narrator, who in my mind takes the passive stance of the casual observer when he could have intervened.

Everything of enduring significance that ancient Israel became, believed, and proclaimed is ultimately influenced not only by what actually occurred in the time of the exodus, but by the story of the exodus — the story as it was first remembered and repeated; the story as it assumed relatively fixed classical forms in different areas, in the North or South; the story as its multiple versions, written and oral, were compared, mutually «corrected,» and finally composed into the single, unified narrative that is before us now.

This article is written as though the bible and the story of genesis actually happened.

Stanley Hauerwas devotes the first part of A Community of Character to demonstrating the intimate connection between character and story.1 «Every community and polity,» he writes, «involves and requires a narrative, «2 actually a constellation of stories, that acts to indicate and to inculcate a society's collective character.

Pro wrestling is all about telling stories, and the people who write this shit don't really think about what they're actually crafting a lot of the time.

People are so used to the pretty soccer the past arsenal brought you, you expect everyone to be that quality but here is the thing, i wouldn't sell Theo just for the fact the morons who wrote this story actually thinks arsenal will keep this formation so selling a player because of a formation is ludicrous and stupid so I suggest you take your heads out your asses and learn something before speaking!

I know there are lots of you looking for a good homebirth story to come here, but the «story» could more be summed up in a three - line haiku, should the proper brain cells of mine be in order to actually write one (they're not, I assure you.

Actually, I wrote a similar piece yesterday on The MediaBackpage where I discussed the need for communicators to take a more holistic approach that utilizes these types of tactics to tell their stories.

Now Morris has written, or actually rewritten, the story of his remarkable career as a naturalist.

«The story of dust,» Bartholet writes, «is actually about the challenges of trying to figure out what is happening to the planet we inhabit.»

I actually enjoy these sorts of films, as the writing is generally of high caliber, and the exotic locales and vibrant scenery make for an enjoyable cinematic experience, even if the main story is a bit dull.

A trip to Wikipedia reveals that the novel, written by Michel Faber, actually gives lots of information the film wilfully withholds, such as the name of Johansson's character or the story of her race or the reason why they're mulching men or the story behind the mysterious men on motorcycles who pop up occasionally to help out / hunt Johansson down.

The characters are well written, familiar gameplay mechanics such as the whistling and being able to pick up bodies is back, the story has clever links to the story of the other AC games, the modern day is better and actually goes somewhere (albeit the ending is absolute wank) and the side missions are implemented well into the goal of the main story.

The story, for what it is, is actually really well written and plays into the Lego sense of humor.

Outside of Vinson and some choice scoring / music selection that, along with its story, evokes some of the memorable 1970s work from John Carpenter (Assault on Precinct 13 and The Fog come to mind), You're Next is a fairly dreadful choice for a scare flick, with ineffective acting choices, a laughable premise, and no real surprises offered to anyone who actually pays attention to the poorly written dialogue that occurs between scenes of violence.

It doesn't change the fact that you're still left to wonder how much of what Finkel wrote actually happened, but it's Goold's examination of truth and deception that makes «True Story» a good if unspectacular true crime drama.

Loosely inspired by the true story of the Niland brothers, and using a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to the mother of three brothers he had erroneously believed to have died in battle (only two actually died), Saving Private Ryan uses the theatre of war to explore the emotional impact of extreme military violence and danger on the often unprepared individuals called upon to serve their country.

«Serenity» actually pulls off the hard task of satisfying fans of the show but not relying on your foreknowledge to pull you in, largely thanks to a story - within - a-story-within-a-story opening 10 minutes or so that so cleverly and seamlessly establishes the universe that it should maybe be taught in writing classes.

He wrote the basic story — which honestly we can't tell how much of the film actually was — and he produced the film.

It's actually kind of impressive how far out of his way screenwriter Nicholas Stoller went to not come up with a coherent story, and then you remember that he's written some funny movies that had a story (the two most recent Muppets films, for starters), and that's when the feeling of being cheated sets in.

I also hope they keep the more cinematic style of Other M but step up the writing this time (I still like Other M a lot though and think the flaws it has are greatly exaggerated) It would also be nice to see Samus actually working as a bounty hunter rather than stumbling on distress signals all the time — They could keep the exploration and worlds of Prime but have Samus hunting targets / completing objectives as some sort of mission throughout the story rather than playing through the story in one go.

For every new story idea or impressive blend of humor and pathos in its writing, Yo - kai Watch 2 fails to breathe life into the act of actually playing it, and until something's done about all the issues with combat, no amount of delicious doughnuts can cover up its problems.

I'm not director Tony Scott's biggest admirer but his hyperkinetic style actually suits the pace and explosive nature of this story and it's characters and he actually compliments Tarantino's writing.

Delaney: Yeah, when we wrote this story — we actually wrote the whole story at the start of LEGO Batman 2.

The team of us think this is something that's very important actually that's come from the study, that in order to be able to write a story for those later literacy practices in school, actually you need to be able to think about a story, you need to be able to imagine a story.

In the beginning, when I was trying to sell my first novel, I had a weird experience of editors really wanting me to write, sort of magic realism set in the Caribbean, or about recent immigrants with a magical ability (I've had two editors actually give me that logline and ask if I'd be interested in writing that story, but it's just not there for me, I've got other stories still to tell).

If authors decide they'd rather pay a lot of money (hundreds to thousands of dollars) to get their book printed — to say nothing of how the authors would then have to market, warehouse, distribute and sell the book — instead of work to write a story that publishers would actually pay the authors for, that's up to the authors.

Martin Amis is the son of another famous British novelist, Kingsley Amis, and although he credits his initial welcome into the publishing world to his father's influence, much has been written about this father and son phenomenon and their relationship as writers, including the story that Amis» father actually stopped halfway through reading his son's novel Money and threw it across the room.

I read a lot of women's lit, actually, but whenever I sit down to write something new, monsters have a tendency to push their way into what might otherwise have been a perfectly sweet little story.

I have read loads of short story collects, i actually prefer them to full length novels.Of course you can garentee out of say twenty stories your gonna love ten, five are ok and five you hate or just don't get.Not with this book.The only one i wasn't fussed on was the first one where theres a nuclear war.The rest are gory, interesting and although some are old and a bit obvious the writing is sharp.Check out his novel trapped.

Lowrey actually wrote dozens of books, including a sensitive 1950 story about a teenaged girl who moves to the city to live with her aunt and uncle.

Naturally, I feel very flattered that a well - known and traditionally published writer took enough notice of my stories that he actually took the time to write about it.

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But writing the release and distributing it are only part of the battle; what you want is to hook an actual reporter, so that he or she actually reads the thing and writes a news story about it.

Some of these exercises allow us to sketch parts of a story to try different numbers, before we begin actually writing.

Our feature story today about Droemer Knaur's online writing platform Neobooks is one example of how self publishing and traditional publishing can actually be complementary to...