Sentences with phrase «called writing fiction»

Brian Paone: I founded Fiction Writing in August 2015 after I had been the head admin of another group called Writing Fiction.

It's now called Writing Fiction Sales Copy and it's a full online workshop.

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In 1945, Arthur C. Clarke, a physicist and budding science - fiction author, wrote a manuscript called The Space Station: Its Radio Applications.

That bullshit might have worked when mankind was living in caves and a couple of thousand years ago when some desert dwellers wrote a crappy piece of fiction now called The Babble, but we now know better on many, many fronts.

If such stories were written today, they would be called fairytales or fiction.

I had called Ray Bradbury's daughter to tell her that I wanted to write about a different side of her father: What did this science fiction giant think about God and the afterlife?

Writing this kind of multiple narrative is a challenge, and one that science fiction author Hannu Rajaniemi has tackled with technologist Samuel Halliday for an e-book project called Neurofiction.

Cody tends to write characters that are what the science - fiction fans call «a Mary Sue» — meaning an awesomely idealized version of the writer, so brilliant that the other characters sort of gaze in amazement at her.

Cody tends to write characters that are what the science - fiction fans call «a Mary Sue» — meaning an awesomely idealized version of the writer, so brilliant that the other characters sort of gaze in amazement at her.Tully has some of the narcissism seen in Juno and their follow - up, Young Adult, but there's also some unusually raw material, acted by Charlize Theron with barely smothered fury.»

We can only write so much fan fiction before an opportunity like this one, created by Alan Tudyk, seems just too good to be true: getting the old gang back together for one last go in a series called Con Man.

She teaches fiction writing at GrubStreet in Boston and facilitates their program for soon - to - be published authors called Launch Lab.

In September, at a crime - fiction conference called Bouchercon, I moderated a panel called «Write What You Know» and dutifully read all the books beforehand.

Six years later he graduated with honors from Reed College and soon thereafter plunged into the sixties counterculture like a dog into surf; he wrote for an «alternative» weekly called The Portland Scribe, lived in communes, worked in restaurants, wrote obscure, experimental fiction, and quit his job often in order to hit the road and have adventures.

As an FYI, for my fiction writing (I'm a writer / editor) I use a program called Storyist (http://www.storyist.com) that is both a word processor with project management style features for fiction / research.

Author, teacher and fellow podcaster Bryan Cohen, who wrote a book last summer on the topic called How to Write a Sizzling Synopsis: A Step - by - Step System for Enticing New Readers, Selling More Fiction and Making Your Books Sound Good

10/09 Curious Events Day — If you write paranormal or even historical fiction this is an opportunity to call attention to an event that compliments your topic or theme.

A new writer who believes the myth that all good fiction must be written slowly and labor - intensive (called work) suddenly one day finds that they have written a thousand words in 35 minutes.

Now that I'm writing fiction full - time, I wanted to share some of the more advanced book marketing strategies I use, so I published another book called Guerrilla Publishing, which I'm also giving away for free.

This series is contemporary fiction but I'm also writing a historical series called Daughter of The Alvar, the first book of which «Ingrid» will come out in 2015.

My new podcast on writing fiction called appropriately, «The Fictive Universe Podcast» has been approved and is now live on iTunes!

Ken: The first series I wrote was called the Safanarion Order Series, which is an epic fantasy with a dash of science fiction in it.

He rightly points out that this model is more accurately called «unofficial media tie - in writing» (like the oodles of Star Wars and Star Trek books written on a write - for - hire basis) than true fan fiction.

The novel chosen by Inkitt's «artificially intelligent» algorithm is Erin Swan's Bright Star, a young adult fiction submitted to the publisher through a writing contest called «Hidden Gems.»

Its popularity was eclipsed, however briefly, near the end of the decade by the rise of horror fiction, all of it seemingly written by R. L. Stine and Christopher Pike, whom Time called «the Beavis and Butthead of young adult literature.»

From the mind of the man GQ has called «the best mystery writer in the world,» The Closers is a masterpiece of thriller writing that is as sharp and immediate as the greatest fiction.

Because if this article is proof of anything, it's that the author's true calling is in writing fiction.

Adopting the name John Wyndham, he started writing a form of science fiction that he called «logical fantasy».

This month's freebie is a popular military science fiction book called Old Man's War that was written by John Scalzi.

It's called «How Writers Write Fiction» and this year's course is currently in session (not endorsed by RMFW).

Way back, over two years ago now, I did a post in my Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing series called «Myth: You Can't Make Money Writing Fiction.»

That notion calls to mind three recent posts here at Writer Unboxed: one by Dave King on how much he's learned about dialog from Aaron Sorkin; a second by Kathleen McCleary on how incredibly helpful reading fiction has been for her current work in progress; and just yesterday Greer Macallister's exploration of writing lessons to be learned from the hit play Hamilton.

I write primarily crime fiction, including a historical mystery called Wishing Caswell Dead to be published in Five Star's Frontier Fiction line this Nofiction, including a historical mystery called Wishing Caswell Dead to be published in Five Star's Frontier Fiction line this NoFiction line this November.

I'd experimented with different kinds of stories, done some prose and those other «rhyme - y kind» of poems, and for a period of time even tried to write as short a story as possible... and this was before anything called «flash fiction.»

I've since largely departed the horror scene for what I call «paranormal fiction,» where I write about the weird and the metaphysical and supernatural... but I'm not above throwing in a little grit now and then.

Chris recently wrote a great hub called «Five Steps to Writing a Solid Flash Fiction Story *** Plus a Writing Challenge ***»

He was a writer, first and foremost — a professor of literature who embarked on writing fiction after he was called to the faith.

In fact, there's an old book in the public domain called The Fiction Factory written by one of the most prolific writers of all time, William Wallace Cook (and his nom de plume John Milton Edwards).

Three years ago, I wrote an article for authors called SEO Keywords for Fiction Authors and it was one of my most popular posts.

About 5 ish months ago I was really upset about something and I wrote a flash fiction story called «Death to the Betrayer» and I loved it.

Operation Thriller Writing Competition This is an open call for US and UK writers who write thriller fiction.

As a fiction author, my mission is to write entertaining stories with underlying truths and wake up calls to what is going on in the world.

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Through memoir, creative non-fiction, personal essays, articles, poetry and flash fiction, I write about the funny, the sad, the beautiful and the ugly; the heartening, annoying, and often peculiar things that happen during the course of an apparently normal day while navigating this thing called life.

Way back in 2011, I wrote a Science Fiction poem I called «Alone.»

-LSB-...] UPDATE: Jane Friedman wrote an excellent piece on Writer Unboxed about serials that explains the challenges and trends, called «Beyond Dickens: Trends and Tech in Serial Fiction.»

I am in the final stages of writing my first fiction book on this subject, called The Greatest Prospector In The World.

Kerry calls herself the Queen of Misfit Books and writes women's fiction, paranormal, fantasy, and mystery genres.

Foreword Reviews has called his writing «innovative fiction with depth,» and Kirkus Indie has called his style «a lovely, highly descriptive prose that luxuriates in the details and curios of his setting.»

A frequent #FutureChat participant, the self - publishing historical fiction author Jane Steen, tweeted that she was inspired by Friday's chat to write Why Indie Authors Should Support the Call for Fairer Publishing Contracts.

Women's Prize for Fiction is the UK's most prestigious annual book award for fiction written by a woman (formerly called the Orange Fiction is the UK's most prestigious annual book award for fiction written by a woman (formerly called the Orange fiction written by a woman (formerly called the Orange Prize).