Sentences with phrase «fiction elements do»

Others were perhaps anticipating the appearance of a giant monster, but when the science fiction elements do eventually arrive, the devastation that greets protagonist Michelle is courtesy of a bio-mechanical race of sentient aliens - a threat that is almost unrecognizable from the first Cloverfield movie.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, simply knowing the elements of fiction writing does not mean you will be able to utilize them effectively yourself.

We do not say it isn't fiction just because it has a few real elements like mountains, roads and trees.

In short, don't attempt to construct a theological system from his fiction literature, for it contains many elements which were never intended to be Christian.

Hits all the familiar beats — hard - boiled dialogue («We sting because that's what we are»), big action set - pieces, and fully grounded, gritty science fiction elements — but does so with style and real ingenuity.

I caught some of the titles: Nugu - ui ttal - do anin Haewon (Nobody's Daughter Haewon) is a delightful film from the South Korean auteur Hong Sang - soo, the story of a female student's «sentimental education» as it were, as she traverses through reality, fantasy, and dreams, we viewers never quite sure what we are watching; Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (TIFF's Opening Night film) is an engaging and drily humorous alternative vampire film, Tilda Swinton melding perfectly into the languid yet tense atmosphere of the whole piece; Night Moves is from a director (Kelly Reichardt) I've heard good things about but not seen, so I was curious to see it, but whilst the film is engaging with its ethical probing, I found the style quite laborious and lifeless; The Kampala Story (Kasper Bisgaard & Donald Mugisha) is a good little film (60 minutes long) about a teenage girl in Uganda trying to help her family out, directed in a simple, direct manner, utilising documentary elements within its fiction.

Though I don't read much dystopian fiction, ON SUCH A FULL SEA has all the elements I generally love in fiction: a mysterious disappearance, a strong heroine who sets out in search of the missing person, and masterful storytelling.

Similarly, another uncle who was a teenager at the time did flee Ethiopia for Sudan during the Revolution, and while we've discussed his journey, it's always in relatively vague and general terms, and that's partly where the fiction element comes.

McGilloway doesn't disappoint, considering this title has elements of literary fiction, family relationships, current thematic elements, and even... [Read more...]

(I had sold some short fiction along the way, but all mostly from from just having the right elements come together with a unique idea, not because I knew what I was doing.)

It's always tricky to answer the question of how a fiction writer's life intersects with her work; in my last novel, The Nobody's Album, I describe the life experience of a fiction writer as being «like butter in cookie dough: it's a crucial part of flavor and texture - you certainly couldn't leave it out - but if you've done it right, it can't be discerned as a separate element.»

I added a bit of fiction to offer some food for thought (the RSS feeds and Creative Commons license bit)(but I do think the Committee should add these two elements to the proposal).