These lamentations by Rubinstein and Schjeldahl — and there are many
examples by other writers I could have given — about painting's fallen status, its descent from Olympian greatness, remind me of people who preface everything with, «back in the good old days» or prattle on about how «you can't paint like Rubens» anymore, as if that is what the world needed most.
Not exact matches
Richard Dawkins, in his celebrated book, The Selfish Gene, exemplifies the same position.3 And a similar reduction of biology to a molecular science may be found in the writings of E.O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, Jacques Monod and numerous
other highly respected scientific
writers.4 In Chance and Necessity, for
example, Monod gives one of the most forceful renditions of the view that biochemical analysis is «obviously» the sole avenue to understanding the secret of life.5 Decades ago Jacques Loeb had already set forth the program of inquiry still emulated today
by many biologists:
Examples of these human marks include the fact that the Bible was written in Hebrew and Greek, that the Old Testament world was a world of temples, priests and sacrifice, that Israel as well as the surrounding nations has prophets that mediated divine will to them, that Israel was ruled
by kings, that Israel's legal system shares striking similarities with those of surrounding nations, that the creation narrative and the story of Noah resemble
other ancient stories of the time, that the
writers of Scripture operated within the paradigm of ancient cosmology, etc..
For
example, while there are exceptions like the great Joanna Penn who gain a large following for their writing
by building a writing - based blog, most often,
other writers are not going to be an audience who becomes an avid fan base for your book (Let's face it...
writers are supportive of each
other, but we're busy focusing on our own books, too!).
Let's say, for
example, work written
by Russell Banks, Robert Olen Butler, Lydia Davis, Pia Z. Ehrhardt, Jayne Anne Phillips, Katharine Weber (and many, many more
writers, some specializing in very short forms,
others turning to flash only occasionally because that's the length of the story they have to tell).
I asked a few
other professionals about
other examples of where they hear this silly myth and I got hordes and hordes of stories, all funny to me and the
other professionals, but all very real and believed
by the young
writers spouting the myth.
Four Ways to Pre-Write Your Scenes on The Otherside of the Story with Janice Hardy Five Quick Tips for Better Dialogue in Fiction on The Creative Penn 5
Examples of Misplaced Modifiers on Daily Writing Tips How to Cure the Sagging Middle on Hugs and Chocolate The 100 Best Blogs for the Modern
Writer on LiveHacked.com How to Find the Right Title for Your Book — A Brainstorming Workshop
by Roz Morris Writing an Outline
by Sophie Masson on
Writer Unboxed Kurt Vonnegut Can Bite Me
by Tiffany Reisz on The
Other Side of the Story with Janice Hardy How to Engage Your Reader — A Guest Post
by Matthew Turner on Storyfix.com
I've just been watching the great video chat included in the Indie Author Power Pack — a highly entertaining and informative hour to be sure, and your revelation at the end (I won't spoil it for
others by revealing what it is) is yet another
example of your personal candour that makes you such an interesting person to follow, and impressive given that you've managed to become a successful
writer in spite of what you reveal.
Also
by 1930 Modernism began to influence mainstream culture, so that, for
example, The New Yorker magazine began publishing work, influenced
by Modernism,
by young
writers and humorists like Dorothy Parker, [77] Robert Benchley, E. B. White, S. J. Perelman, and James Thurber, amongst
others.
For
example, have you read these
other works
by Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and
other great building science fiction
writers?
This is an
example of what he believes is an incorrect way of thinking that is due to the hubris of and an unfair caricature of
other scientists
by, the putative
writer of such a sentiment:
The value in this book comes from numerous
examples from real briefs filed
by writers like John Roberts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Barack Obama, and
others.
Other solutions to the issues mentioned
by the Accenture
writers, for
example Lightning Networks, could be more effective.