Sentences with phrase «aspiring author stories»

With every one of these aspiring author stories, there often comes tantalizing peaks along with devastating emotional valleys.

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Synopsis: Mia Wasikowska stars as Edith Cushing an aspiring ghost story author in 1901 Buffalo, New York.

Set during the turn of the 20th century, the film stars Mia Wasikowska as young American heiress Edith Cushing, an aspiring author who has no interest in romance, whether in real life or her stories, despite the fact that childhood friend - turned - physician Alan McMichael (Charlie Hunnam) clearly fancies her.

«The ghost is a metaphor,» the aspiring - author heroine says after a publisher dismisses her most recent work as a horror story (before telling her she should add a love story and complimenting her handwriting).

Summary: When aspiring author Nick Carraway becomes captivated by the extravagant lifestyle of his new neighbour, playboy millionaire Jay Gatsby and his circle of high society friends, his experiences inspire him to write his own story of; power, greed, betrayal, hypocrisy, sacrifice and social hierarchy wrapped in the great American dream.

The author tells the story of one student, brought to the United States as an undocumented minor, who aspires to go to college.

** So rather than encouraging authors to sharpen their skills and become better writers, they're instead offering a way for aspiring authors to pay to print a story that isn't ready for prime time.

One of the responsibilities of an aspiring author is giving readers an end worthy of the story they've just read.

Lost and alone in Victorian London, Alyss is befriended by an aspiring author to whom she tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life only to see it published as the nonsensical Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

I use questions and processes I've honed over the years to help aspiring authors get clear on the real story they were meant to tell, organize their material in a powerful way, and write a book that tells their story and delivers their big message.

And finally, there were stories from aspiring authors who were at the beginning stages of their writing project and had yet to develop a relationship with either an agent or an editor.

After my cookbook was published I heard similar stories from aspiring authors about the challenges they faced without an editor and / or an agent.

Congratulations to the 2018 Hugo finalists, especially URB authors Sarah Pinsker (Best Novella and Best Novelette finalist and contributor to the anthology How to Live on Other Planets: A Handbook for Aspiring Aliens), Caroline M. Yoachim (Best Short Story finalist and contributor to the anthology Sharp & Sugar Tooth: Women Up To No Good), and Bogi Takács (Best Fan Writer finalist and contributor to the anthologies How to Live on Other Planets and Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation), and URB artist Likhain (Best Fan Artist finalist and cover artist of Sunvault)!

Our aim is to encourage aspiring authors and those who have already been published, to start writing and release their first — or next — story.

Lost and alone, she tells an aspiring author the surreal story; but he believes it to be mere fantasy.

Start here to read the long and sordid story of all the ways that Author Solutions / iUniverse / XLibris / Archway / Westbow / Abbott Press have exploited aspiring writers.)

You're right that self publishing isn't for everyone, but your story certainly serves as an inspiration to aspiring authors everywhere.

After a panel of bestselling authors and editors chose three finalists, America was given the opportunity to vote on which aspiring author's story would be published.

A lot of aspiring authors are hesitant to post their stories, essays, and other written work on the Internet because magazine and book publishers often refuse to accept work that has already been published online.

Eligibility: All aspiring author entries must fall within at least one of the following: (1) be a story that includes multicultural protagonists, (2) be a story written by a racially diverse author and / or a multicultural writing team (2 or more).

Crammed with Twitter success stories and practical tips, which help aspiring writers, published authors and publishers achieve their goals.

I started the club for several reasons, the principle ones being the realisation that I write my best short stories to prompts (discovered from winning my website design from a short story competition with a prompt) and the need to discover whether I could write creatively to deadlines, with people waiting to read them (good training for an aspiring author, which I was at the time of starting the club).

Jody Rein and Michael Larsen in How to Write a Book Proposal bring up the story of aspiring author Trisha Pritikin, who was finding it tough to build a brand.

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I don't go near aspiring authors now because most want validation that they can write, when the real question is «Can I tell a story?»

She frequents Wattpad (which she refers to as a story «incubator») often and beta tests her new story ideas there as well as provide guidance and critiques to aspiring authors.

I am an aspiring author and have not had anything published, as yet, although there are a number of my short stories and flash fiction pieces on the web.

Edition is always looking for new novels and stories from imaginative, aspiring authors.

Edition in an international publishing company, specializing in publishing novels, fiction and short stories of all genres from new and aspiring authors.

Of course, just like with the lottery, there are a few unvarnished success stories that provide something for independent authors to aspire to.

The abovementioned stories are not the mere testimonies how self - publishing can work for all authors and aspiring writers.

For a city that annually holds ««One City, One Story,» Boston, Massachusetts is the place to be for an aspiring author.

But for now, for every aspiring author out there: believe in yourself and your stories, and don't lose heart.

It's a place where publishers separate the wheat from the chaff; where writers develop the characters and stories that become the million sellers and the editors who buy them can effectively manage an aspiring author into a literary star.

By the time you've finished this quick read, you'll know more about story structure than the vast majority of aspiring authors will ever know — and you'll be ready to write an amazing novel that stands above the crowd.

The occasional story of breakout success by a first - time author (e.g., moi) often engenders fantasies of instant bestsellerdom among aspiring authors.

Beth works with aspiring writers, published authors, and thought leaders looking for better ways to tell their stories.

E. L. James's personal story has become a tantalising fantasy for aspiring authors.

We hope to encourage aspiring authors and those who have already been published to get writing and make their new stories available to readers across the world.

Read my story at the Huffington Post about how the Los Gatos Public Library held a series of educational workshops for library patrons, aspiring authors and library staff.

Roy is the author of several travel writing guides and manuals, and also offers coaching packages to help aspiring travel writers generate marketable story ideas, write enticing query letters and get their articles published in print media and online.

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