Sentences with phrase «fiction writers when»

Moreover, the articles I've read also seem only to refer to fiction writers when there are many other types of authors.

Non-fiction writers have a distinct advantage over fiction writers when it comes to audience - interaction.

Not exact matches

I feel very dispirited when I meet young writers who say, «Oh, I want to write vampire fiction because that's what's in.»

At least with Scientology, there's absolutely no excuse for believing its nonsense when its founder was a prolific science - fiction writer.

Lots of novel readers — from the highest brow to the lowest — nod politely when the science - fiction writer Gene Wolfe is mentioned.

L. Ron Hubbard, a science fiction writer back in the days when science fiction was worth about two cents a word, is said to have decreed to a gathering of fellow writers that religion was where the real money could be found.

At a time when many writers of fiction appear content to spin out tales concocted by marketing firms, or else lose themselves in worlds of arch and arcane wordplay, Murdoch is extravagant, enthusiastic and earnest.

I hear a «whispering hope» when the erudite Reynolds Price writes openly about his vision of Jesus during his cancer ordeal, or when thousands buy his translation of three of the Gospels; when books of interviews with writers — like Susan Ketchin's The Christ - Haunted Landscape or Dale Brown's Of Fiction and Faith — seep into the academy.

TIME AFTER TIME Picked up to series STUDIO: Outerbanks Entertainment / Warner Bros TV TEAM: Kevin Williamson (w, ep), Marcos Siega (d, ep) LOGLINE: Based on the novel by Karl Alexander and movie, it delivers a fantastical cat - and - mouse adventure through time when famed science fiction writer H.G. Wells is transported to modern - day Manhattan in pursuit of Jack the Ripper.

Who: Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Sonoya Mizuno What: A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female A.I.. When: April 10th Why: Writer Alex Garland has worked almost exclusively in the science fiction genre, so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut occupies a similar space.

Science fiction is at its best when it takes a crazy concept and applies it to real world issues, and that's exactly what writer director Yoshio Kato does with 3FT Ball and Souls, a teeny tiny Japanese film filled with big ideas and even bigger heart.

Director Doug Liman, and Writer Gary Spinelli come out swinging with this stylish look - back on the late 70's and early 80's proving that sometimes life is stranger than fiction and that Tom Cruise, when given well crafted material, is still a solid actor of bravdic male characters.

«The Rider» Technically speaking, «The Rider» doesn't open until April 2018, but I've already cried my way through Chinese - born writer - director Chloé Zhao's deeply humanistic docu - fiction hybrid twice (it won top honors in Cannes» Directors» Fortnight section and at the Reykjavik Film Festival) and was duly impressed when the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominated it for best picture.

When it comes to fiction versus nonfiction, the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts isn't «an either or thing,» says Marfè Ferguson Delano, a nonfiction children's book writer whose books often connect her young readers to novels on the subjects she writes about.

Why would a fiction writer hire someone who doesn't specialize in fiction when there are so many people dedicated to it?

But personally, I've found that I've learnt and grown the most as a writer when I've been working on sustained projects (like fiction, or a non-fiction ebook).

There was no real way of knowing if Writers Digest was still on track when it said that a market like Tomorrow Speculative Fiction would take six months to get back to you.

When Joanna Russ, one of the few successful female science - fiction writers, died last year, her obituary in The New York Times referred to her as a writer who helped «deliver science fiction into the hands of the most alien creatures the genre had yet seen — women.»

When so many fiction writers crowd their stories and novels with hundreds of characters and thousands of extraneous details, it's calming to settle into Lynch's rich, tightly focused narratives... The old and the new, the living and the dead: this collection of short stories is a trove of carefully observed lives.

by Richard Lea in The Guardian (September 28, 2016)-- When the writer Rebecca Forster first heard how Google was using her work, it felt like she was trapped in a science fiction novel.

When publishing experts are asked, «well what about fiction writers,» the answer is usually, «um, I don't have experience with that, but it should work too.»

The term first came from fan fiction, and it means a person who reads your work - in - progress (or «WIP») when you, the writer or «alpha,» are ready for feedback — before it goes into final draft to be sent to your fanfic page, editor, or agent.

For example, when I edited The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, I stumbled on a writing article in which some newbie writer claimed to have found «the secret» to selling short stories to me.

Science fiction (and literature in general) lost one its brightest writers yesterday when Iain M. Banks passed away from gallbladder cancer.

Maybe soon all this book gaming will start to piss readers off when there's hardly any good books to read any more, then they'll go looking for writers who stuck with it and write good fiction, rather than just pumping out crap and then gaming the system.

The term first came from fan fiction, and it means a person who reads your Work - In - Progress («WIP») when you, the writer -LSB-...]

I'm already gearing up mentally for this September, when I'll be teaching a major track (on that pesky Snowflake Method of writing a novel) at the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) conference.

When I see a short fiction writer who likes Jhumpa Lahiri, another set of people comes to mind.

When I began writing fiction, two of the short story writers from whom I learned the most were Flannery O'Connor and Joy Williams.

The author of the Silo Saga has been an active proponent of the idea that fan fiction — when readers take authors» story lines or characters and craft their own unique tales with those elements — is both a testament to how powerfully an author's work reaches his fans, as well as a viable agreement that can stand to benefit both the writer fan and the original author.

Just when we thought we were over post-apocalyptic fiction, Canadian writer Emily St. John Mandel breathes fresh life into the genre with this suspenseful and intelligent story.

But again, I am predominately a non fiction writer, though I have a sonnet blog and I've written a novel which I became dejected over when I received a few rejections, a few.

For a great short piece on what contemporary writers need to know about writing descriptions, see Janice Hardy's post at Fiction University: Three Things to Consider when Writing Descriptions.

And if you're a fiction writer, you'll learn to write better nonfiction and advertising copy, which you're going to have to do when you're marketing your books anyway.

There are many times when writers, especially fiction writers, get too hung up on the size of their book.

First of all, as Susanne Alleyn points out in her clever and very readable book, Medieval Underpants and Other Blunders: A Writer's (and Editor's) Guide to Keeping Historical Fiction Free of Common Anachronisms, Errors, and Myth, an author of historical fiction needs to recognize that the city of today can be vastly different from the city of whatever time period you are writing about, and this is true even when you are talking about a relatively young city like San Francisco and a time period that is only 132 years in thFiction Free of Common Anachronisms, Errors, and Myth, an author of historical fiction needs to recognize that the city of today can be vastly different from the city of whatever time period you are writing about, and this is true even when you are talking about a relatively young city like San Francisco and a time period that is only 132 years in thfiction needs to recognize that the city of today can be vastly different from the city of whatever time period you are writing about, and this is true even when you are talking about a relatively young city like San Francisco and a time period that is only 132 years in the past.

Its second life began when a fiction writer referenced it in a book of her own.

Keven J Anderson, a seminal science fiction writer, said that when he spends the money to visit different cities on promotional tours, he can immediately see if the money was well spent, what with the sales speaking for themselves.

I always love finding out what an author's research process is, so when I learned that writer Ingrid Thoft actually attended and graduated from the University of Washington private investigator program, I simply had to see how that helped her pen her debut crime fiction novel, Loyalty.

WattPad is the undisputed leader when it comes to young writers self - publishing fan fiction.

Though when I tuned in, while the livestream was already in progress, I initially was confused, because instead of an awards ceremony, there was a bar diagram on the screen, breaking down genre fiction sales, while a voice detailed the market share of indie writers in the various SFF subgenres.

At a startling moment when one of only two novelists on TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World is a writer of naughty Twilight fan fiction, we don't need the Pulitzer saying that nobody writes good books anymore.

- Publishers Weekly «Few fiction writers working today have more successfully rendered the sensation of solid ground suddenly melting away, pinpointing that instant when the familiar present is swallowed up by an always encroaching past or voided future.»

To have your ebook ranked number thirteen in the top 100 for Kindle store for science fiction when you're not even a science fiction writer means you must have talent.

Yes, this is why those writers of short fiction — and those who had been gaming the system — were screaming when the new rules were announced.

When asked what elements of the story come from her own experience she answers, «For me and for most fiction writers, I think, it is true to say that...

When I first read Alan's article, and read the Singles submission policies, I saw it as another option for short fiction writers who typically seek publication in traditional journals; Singles appeared to be something of an a-la-carte literary magazine.

When it comes to writing, Elizabeth has been shortlisted in the following competitions: Francis MacManus 2013 (Short Story), Penguin / RTE Guide 2013 (short story), Powers / Irish Times 2013 (flash fiction), Writing.ie / Anam cara 2013 & 2012 (flash fiction), Writers & Artists / Anam Cara 2013 (flash fiction) and Aesthetica Creative Works 2011 (poetry).

One of the first regular narrators for the podcast was Mary Robinette Kowal, an award - winning author who served as the vice president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), but when she had a work conflict in 2009, Baker came onboard to fill in, and later became the full - time narrator for the series.

When I wrote the post above, I mainly had fiction writers in mind.