In our experience, it's much easier to write about
facts than fiction.
But when she discovers her novel is more
fact than fiction, Carrie wonders if she might be dealing with ancestral memory, making her the only living person who knows the truth - the ultimate betrayal - that happened all those years ago, and that knowledge comes very close to destroying her...
Although imagining of the types of buildings the music producer would design may seem far reaching, Karilampi's suggestion that urban planning — in this particular case, it is that of Los Angeles's Compton neighborhood — significantly helps in shaping the culture of a region contains more
fact than fiction.
With the recent boom of the blockchain art market, this is looking to be more
fact than fiction these days.
Not exact matches
But as stories and news travel at lightning speed, it's more difficult
than ever to tell
fact from
fiction.
Focusing on
fact rather
than fiction is what will lead to the greatest success.
The speech is further evidence that B.C. Liberal claims are more
fiction than fact:
The speech is further evidence that B.C. Liberal claims are more
fiction than fact: Claim: People who make...
In
fact, the reference in the April issue was a little bit more
than mildly annoying, mostly because it was a mixture of
fact and
fiction.
Ultimately, you have to have faith in the historical theories (that Jesus was
fiction,
fact, or a mix thereof), or the Christological theories (that Jesus was more
than just a historical person).
I think this could be the basis of a reworking of penal substitution based upon legal
fact (Jesus broke the letter of the law), rather
than legal
fiction.
Use your intellect and iunderstand the world of
fact rather
than fiction... it far nicer.
She is the subject of numerous books, movies, and even a musical — often more
fiction than fact.
In short, there's more
fiction than fact in there.
Thus,
fiction and idealization in excellent art are means for achieving greater truthfulness
than would be possible through fidelity to literal
fact.
Reality is often better
than fiction in March Madness, a
fact hammered home in the first two rounds of this tournament.
If your child is not interested in
facts and non-
fiction, there are plenty of
fiction books based in particular historic settings which (in my experience) give a better understanding of history
than many text - books.
Another Mandelson line in the drama — that Gordon should just «wing it» in talks with Clegg — was more
fiction than fact.
Writing political
fiction is, like any
fiction, easier
than writing
fact; a disclaimer in the front...
Some NETs amount to giant air - purifying machines, and many remain more
fiction than fact.
Ballard goes the furthest and, quoting from his earlier writing, says: «Science
fiction, far from being an unimportant minor offshoot, in
fact represents the main literary tradition of the 20th century... The main «
fact» of the 20th century is the concept of the unlimited future... All literatures other
than science
fiction are doomed to irrelevance.
A spectacular string of advances in superconductivity and nanotechnology reported by researchers at Lucent Technologies» Bell Labs since 1998 were probably more
fiction than fact, according to a panel established in May to look into allegations of scientific misconduct at the company.
For more
than eight years, we have authored this column on
facts and
fictions in mental health, an opportunity for which we are profoundly grateful.
It was standing room only Friday night at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel's Hale Hoaloha Pavilion; more
than 750 attendees came to enjoy a behind - the - scenes peek at Interstellar and an in - depth look at how Dr. Thorne assisted Hollywood in turning science
fact into science
fiction.
As theories and advice are passed along the grapevine, we often end up standing by information that is more
fiction than fact.
Is it
fact or
fiction that muscle - building athletes require substantially more protein
than the average person (in body building handbooks recommendations are given such as 1 gram protein per pound of body weight per day, which are much higher
than the RDA of 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight per day)?
Or, You Can Get Just The
Facts: Screenwriter John Collee takes more
than a few creative leaps in blending
fact with
fiction, most dubiously in personalizing the private lives and conversations of the film's characters.
In
fact, for a film that's based on a true story, «Machine Gun Preacher» is riddled with more clichés
than most pieces of
fiction.
It's difficult to think of a modern documentary as complex and well put together — not to mention as morally confounding — as Cartel Land, a documentary whose «
facts» are stranger, and more compelling,
than most
fictions about the drug wars.
That situation, along with the love interest (which is likely far more
fiction than fact) forms the backbone of the story.
It's also more classically well composed
than 99 % of conventional narrative
fiction — in
fact, a common (and correct) observation is that the story couldn't have been any more interesting or dynamic had it been fabricated from nothing.
But more important
than any of these elements is a firm understanding of what is
fact, and what is
fiction.
While all this seems ridiculous on the surface, it is an irrefutable
fact that truth is often stranger
than fiction.
If you add in the
fact that Alice Sebold's past experience (as outlined in «Lucky») clearly colours the type of
fiction she writes and how it makes me feel uncomfortable in the same way that anime's fascination with the atomic bomb does, then you'll understand why I was more
than a little disappointed with The Lovely Bones.
The Happening posits a classic science
fiction «what if» scenario, and is in
fact even more Hitchcockian
than Signs.
This stranger
than fiction story of the extraction of 6 embassy officials during the Tehran hostage crisis in the 1980s, under semblance of a faux movie production as cover sounds like something only Hollywood could dream up This now declassified story however did in
fact transpire.
In
fact, the film ultimately owes more to the action
than the science
fiction genre.
Science
Fiction has become today's
fact, but it's more intrusive
than we'd liked; but it was these ideas and almost vicious bloodsport presented in 1987's RoboCop which have defined a generation of Sci - Fi / action films.
The outcome is public record and more proof that
fact can be stranger
than fiction.
In
fact, it's a much better science
fiction film
than it is action film.
In
fact, there may be no modern filmmaker more qualified to continue Wade Wilson's story
than the man behind Pulp
Fiction and Django Unchained.
Proving
fact is more compelling
than fiction; Apollo 13 offers a great look at space history, sure to whet your family's appetite for this subject.
When employees are unable to discern
fact from
fiction — or learn to «trust their gut» rather
than validate
facts, companies generally pay the price.
Rather
than the old simplistic distinction between
fact and opinion (and
fiction), the standards emphasize the complexity and subtlety of all the shades of knowing or thinking.
Her latest piece is part one of a multi-series takedown of those who use
fiction rather
than facts to fancifully present the term «school turnaround» as if it was a magic bullet.
And if that's
fact rather
than fiction, this will put the RP1 in a class of one aerodynamically; even a McLaren P1 generates «only» 650 kg of downforce in its most be-winged Race setting, and it's not strictly road legal when in that mode anyway.
This reflects both their enormous, crossover appeal and the
fact Shanda Literature, China's most popular original
fiction site, is part of the country's biggest online gaming company and therefore understands the nature and opportunities of the web better
than most established publishers.
Homeland Security trumps democracy,
fact is stranger
than fiction.
It happens to be a
fact that nearly every writer of
fiction in the world drinks more whisky
than is good for him.
Stranger
than fiction: How forbidden book was smuggled out of N. Korea — They say
fact is stranger
than fiction.