Sentences with phrase «as fictional writing»

The curators» approach to translation defies the notion of the original and the other and instead focuses on the imaginative potential of translation as transformation, transmutation and as fictional writing.

Not exact matches

«The problem with real ghosts, as opposed to the elegant fictional creations of the likes of MR James and Susan Hill, is that their behaviour is so erratic and irritating,» write the Telegraph «s reviewer of a new book called A Natural History of Ghosts.

Was it written to portray a god as a real enti ty or was it intended by the author to be a fictional story: Bible (God): yes — was written as a non fiction book Odyssey (Zeus): no - intended to be fiction by the author

The series comes to a dramatic end with a fictional letter, written as though from St Petersburg, in which Chesterton's alter ego, «Guy Crawford», describes himself as joining a rebellious mob in which he recognises an obviously Jewish student called Emmanuel, and as springing to his defence, sword in hand, as the Czarist troops attack: but Emmanuel sustains a fatal blow and dies in the street, «a champion of justice, like thousands who have fallen for it in the dark records of this dark land».

You say that suppose this was written and produced by Steven Spielberg — that right there doesn't help your case as he's a very good fictional writer, director, producer, but most of his hits are purely fictional.

As the inimitable (and fictional) Rachel Lynde once wrote about a minister, ``... And he says he doesn't believe all the heathen will be eternally lost.

Now you may say if that then is allowed as evidence — Jesus did not write anything or at least nothing of his writings are preserved and therefore he is fictional.

Hundreds of those who did vote in Malliotakis» race, but not for her, cast write - ins, including several for local Democrat Justin Brannan, who is now running for City Council, certain write - ins for presidential candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, and even gag votes for deceased individuals, such as Elvis Presley, or fictional characters from popular culture, such as Tywin Lannister from Game of Thrones.

In one way it is comforting when reality mirrors aspects of your Westminster plot as you feel you're at least in touch with the out - of - touch, but in another it niggles that you should write something which is clearly fictional entertainment rather than (potential) fact.

With the help of a fictional guide dubbed John Lubbock, modeled after a Victorian naturalist who wrote a popular book called Prehistoric Times, Mithen embarks on a vivid tour of the warming world as it emerged from the last ice age.

Much as we may write about fictional characters, there's an «I» in write.

Directed by Little Miss Sunshine's team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Ruby Sparks isn't the exercise in stevia - dusted whimsy that it sounds like, especially once a flesh - and - blood Ruby suddenly materializes — exactly as Calvin wrote her — with no awareness that she began as a fictional literary character.

Directed by Jay Roach (Austin Powers, Meet the Parents, Dinner for Schmucks, and the HBO movies Recount and Game Change) and written by Ferrell colleague Chris Henchy (The Other Guys, Land of the Lost) and «Eastbound & Down» scribe Shawn Harwell, The Campaign casts the stars as rival candidates in North Carolina's (fictional) 14th District congressional race.

I wrote a feature review of Sony's DVD release of Carol Reed's Our Man in Havana, starring Alec Guinness as a meek vacuum cleaner salesman in Havana who concocts fictional intelligence reports for the British Secret Service, for Turner Classic Movies.

As you may expect, the four main actors in McGregor, Bremner, Miller and Carlyle truly deliver, and the magnetism between the first three, balanced with the fierce presence of the latter, is pure cinematic magic that could only be because of their history, both as well - written fictional characters deeply etched into history, and actors playing them who largely got their break together off the back of the dynamic originaAs you may expect, the four main actors in McGregor, Bremner, Miller and Carlyle truly deliver, and the magnetism between the first three, balanced with the fierce presence of the latter, is pure cinematic magic that could only be because of their history, both as well - written fictional characters deeply etched into history, and actors playing them who largely got their break together off the back of the dynamic originaas well - written fictional characters deeply etched into history, and actors playing them who largely got their break together off the back of the dynamic original.

Written by Jon Ronson (The Men Who Stare At Goats) and Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Men Who Stare At Goats), Frank is a fictional story based on the memoir by Jon Ronson and loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom (the persona of cult musician and comedy legend Chris Sievey), as well as outsider musicians like Daniel Johnston, Captain Beefheart and Harry Partch.

With Michael Gornick replacing Romero as director, the film presents three new stories written by King and drawn from the pages of the fictional Creepshow mag.

As this recent essay on Newsies fandom goes to show, penning elaborate (and steamy scenarios) for the fictional characters with whom you identify can be a healthy way to hone one's writing skills and explore nascent sexuality.

That unorthodox little 1981 film, directed by Malle and written and performed by Gregory and Shawn as versions of themselves, consisted of a single passionate, partly fictional restaurant conversation between two estranged friends.

In 1994, Quentin Taratino wrote a fictional story about Mickey & Mallory Knox, a honeymoon couple who, as a perverse aphrodisiac, randomly shot and killed over 50 people.

This is both good and bad, as much of Hardy's writing is focused on building up the atmosphere of his fictional «Wessex» (really, Dorset) through many scenes of the local farmers and laborers in pub - based conversations, and while such moments were clearly important to Hardy, I found most of them a chore to get through as I read.

Peter Sarsgaard does good things withChuck Lane, the unpopular editor who discovers Glass's transgressions.But the real Lane reportedly served as a consultant on the film, whichprobably explains why the fictional Lane comes out as a hero.Screenwriter Billy Ray (Color of Night, Hart's War) makes hisdirectorial debut, and though the film is both seductive and maddening, you can't quite write it off.

David Brent: Life on the Road, 2016 Written and Directed by Ricky Gervais Starring Ricky Gervais, Jo Hartley, Ben Bailey Smith, Tom Basden, Tom Bennett, Mandeep Dhillon, Abbey Murphy SYNOPSIS: A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series The Office, as he now fancies himself a rockstar -LSB-...]

The Fiction Book Report Writing» package contains materials to support your students as they write a report on a fictional book.

Allow students to draw images with labels as responses on an Interactive Story Map or separate each story element «web» onto separate pages to provide students with more space to reflect on a text or plan their fictional writing piece.

For example, students can learn techniques for writing fictional stories as well as expository essays that serve to inform or persuade.

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As I wrote in an earlier column (bit.ly / 1sOOxFc), in constructing «growth scales» for standardized tests, statisticians make a fictional assumption that learning in math and reading is linear and can actually be compared from year to year.

ELLs who are beyond the beginner stage can write in more challenging genres, such as informational reports, short skits, and fictional narratives, when their teachers plan and structure the writing tasks carefully and provide good models.

As Tony Kuehn writes in his BookPage review, «This book is a living, breathing testament to Evison's singular talent for creating portraits of people who may be fictional, but nevertheless are so vital that one is certain their names must be in a historic register somewhere.»

In this way the real story of the boy could play as a sort of countermelody to the fictional story I had written.

A Note from BookBrowse: The «Author's Note» reproduced below is not, as it first looks, a message from the author of the The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards but instead the opening chapter of the novel itself, written from the point of view of the book's fictional narrator.

Némirovsky's manuscript for Suite Française was written as the Germans rolled into France, and is that rarest of treasures: A fictional account of WWII as it unfolded.

Some readers write to fictional characters as well, which is a little spookier.

He's written about topics as heady and diverse as grown men and women fake fighting over fictional grievances, books about dragons and millionaire playboys that dress as bats.

But Katrina was no fictional event, and Burke writes about the storm and its aftermath as vividly and powerfully as any nonfiction chronicler.

As writing coach, therapist and author Rachel Ballon notes in her book, Breathing Life into Your Characters,: «good writers must also prepare themselves in advance for developing their fictional characters by going inside themselves.

But Katrina was no fictional event, and Burke writes about its aftermath as vividly and powerfully as any nonfiction chronicler.

Because I admire strong female fictional protagonists, I wanted to chat with Mel about her series heroine, a police investigator named Lorne Simpkins, as well as her background and writing methods.

Memoir is a «true» story, as opposed to a fictional one and it is also writing that provides storytelling techniques which have a distinct voice and style.

«I've been writing a realistic fictional narrative for my class as an assignment.

A Good Walk May Be the Best Writing Exercise:» As writers, we're attempting our own kind of magic, transporting the reader into a fictional world of our creation.»

«The hero's journey,» also known as the «monomyth,» is, in many opinions, the most popular template for writing fictional stories since the days of historical mythology.

Also per Wiki, «Genre fiction, also known as popular fiction, is plot - driven fictional works written with the intent of fitting... Continue reading →

The word «novella» is derived from the feminine derivative of the Italian word «new» and the reference source, wikipedia.org, defines «novella» as «a written fictional prose narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel».

As a way to keep the past in every sense present, his writing is always issued from his fictional «Dept. of Corrections.»

A pile of books reveals that the top tired and well thumbed copy is actually a fictional book by a fictional writer; 5 well worn, aged box files are stacked horizontally on top of one another with such hand - written titles as Time Lines, Tide Lines and provenance; a home made page - per - day calendar, assembled in an ad - hoc manner from a metal lever arch and laser printed A4 paper with notes and images taken from the artist's notebooks including sketches, ideas and general to do lists.

He made a documentary of the mission, and hired two screenwriters to follow him as he did it, so they could write a fictional version of the making of the documentary while themselves factoring into the documentary — and then, eventually, he would film the screenplay they come up with.

Once employed to write obituaries for the London Daily Telegraph, McEwen began producing fictional obituaries of living subjects such as Bill Clinton, Kate Moss and Jeff Koons.

As Mark Bennett explains at Defending People, it all started after he wrote a post criticizing a California criminal defense lawyer for using a network of fictional Twitter accounts to send traffic to her Web site, where she was scraping other lawyers» content without their permission.