Sentences with phrase «fiction writing which»

Flash forward to flash fiction, a form of fiction writing which is increasing in popularity day by day.

Not exact matches

Just when it looked like the storm had blown over, Pete Enns wrote an excellent piece for the Huffington Post in which he asks, Does God talk to us through fiction?

Edmund Wilson, McCarthy's second husband, had urged her to write fiction, and the resulting work (which won praise from Vladimir Nabokov) offers a glimpse of bohemian life in 1930s New York.

Joseph Smith, who had little formal education, writes a 532 page fiction book with multiple story lines, more than three major ethnic groups that intermingle with one another, creates over 200 new names, many of which have Hebraic origin (Mosiah for instance), writes in chiasmas poetry, accurately predicts latter day pollution, international intrigue, the dispersing of the Gospel message and a host of other fictional and hysterical points was WRONG?

As Kenya's Musimbi Kanyoro wrote, «Those cultures which are far removed from biblical culture risk reading the Bible as fiction.»

Whether you believe the Book of Job is historical fiction or historical fact, everybody agrees that it is a theological masterpiece which was written to teach the readers something about God.

If the Twins are within three games of first place at the end of August, I will write fan fiction about Joe Mauer's twins being rivals with Buster Posey's twins at summer basketball camp, only to realize they have lots in common, which helps them band together against a common enemy, Mr. McGarnle, the mean - spirited counselor from across the lake.

Well its not because of anything you've written which if anyone's looking for a good fiction book Trum's writings make a humorous read.

SF, John announced, was unique in that it was invariably written by «the science - fiction method» analogous to the «scientific method» which, or so we would all like to believe, underpins all science.

I like reading rantasy and science fiction and I have written two, two hundred page books which you can find here and I'm currently in the middle of writing another so if you like what I've done let me know.

During 1993, Tarantino wrote and directed his next feature, Pulp Fiction, which featured three interweaving crime story lines; Tony Scott's big - budget production of True Romance was also released that year.

Mike Birbiglia's sensitive, funny, sad, honest film Don't Think Twice, which has more affection for and understanding of a certain kind of comedy person than perhaps any piece of fiction that's ever been written about them.

A revered fiction writer, Kozlow (Marton Csokas) has recently written a novel which outlines a similar murder, containing certain details about the slain businessman which were never released to the press.

According to the press notes, «Reach Me» director John Herzfeld first wrote the script for this ensemble dramedy circa 2001, which makes sense given that the film bears more than a faint aroma of Herzfeld's «2 Days in the Valley» (1997), one of the least offensive of the era's many «Pulp Fiction» also - rans.

I Am Legend perhaps revealed that Mr. Lawrence could handle contemporary screen icons, as did Constantine, which starred Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, and Tilda Swinton among other potentially hazardous alchemy; but the show also affirmed that Mr. Lawrence could handle adaptations of science fiction literature (the script for Catching Fire is credited to Michael Arndt, but under a pseudonym, after having written Little Miss Sunshine and several animated movies).

Director Andrew Niccol has written two bona fide science fiction classics, namely the prophetic Truman Show and the underappreciated Gattaca, which is about a future dominated by genetically - modified übermenschen.

Operating on several levels at once — as fiction, as documentary, as investigation into the documentary form, as historical excavation and as exploration of the process of a talented and committed actor --» Kate Plays Christine» which won Greene the Documentary Writing award, even finds time to be beautiful, with Sean Price Williams «cinematography giving the film an aesthetic that is as unique as its premise.

Unlike Michael Apted's documentary Up series, Boyhood is fiction, its scenario written in advance of the entire shooting, which took place over a three - or four - day period once a year for 12 years beginning in 2002.

Curtis, who is only 56, said science - fiction project About Time felt like «a summing up» for a career which has taken in the legendary TV comedy Blackadder, writing work on 1994's Four Weddings and a Funeral and 1999's Notting Hill, as well as the directing of 2003's Love Actually.

A poster and trailer have arrived online for writer - director Clay Liford's upcoming comedy Slash which stars Michael Johnston, Hannah Marks and Michael Ian Black; check them out below... Neil is a questioning high school freshman whose main social outlet is the steamy erotic fan fiction he writes about Vanguard, the brawny, galaxy - hopping hero of a -LSB-...]

Salinger retreated from the world to a New Hampshire cabin, from which he wrote a tantalizing amount of fiction that he withheld from publication.

If there's any game this year for which I'd happily write fan fiction, it's Zero Dawn, and given how much fan fiction makes me cringe, that's saying something.

The first disc also houses a pair of feature - length commentary tracks, the second of which, from filmmaker Roger Avary (one half the team that wrote Pulp Fiction and director of the underestimated Rules of Attraction), is disposable fanboy fare indicated by a lot of fawning and reverential silence.

Kelly Marcel, who wrote the upcoming Saving Mr. Banks (out November 29 in the UK), adapted E.L. James» fan - fiction - turned - mega-selling trilogy, which means we're practically contractually obliged to tell you that Saving Mr. Spanks... sorry, Fifty Shades Of Grey is set to arrive on August 1, 2014.

A complete unit of work which focuses on writing within the Science Fiction genre!

Since first writing this post, I've penned another Flash Fiction story, which I'm using to launch the new Fiction section of this website.

Recently however, I've been concentrating on writing alternate histories, which is really just a sub-genre of speculative fiction.

Creative writing programs currently provide tenure to a small number of authors, especially in the fields of literary fiction and poetry, which partake in the European High Art tradition and enjoy an elevated cultural status.

Which to me, means that even if Amazon scored a license for say, the XMen World, I wouldn't be submitting any of my XMen fan fics (Because yes, I have written many of those, most prior to beginning to write original fiction.

The other awesome thing about nonfiction eBooks is that they're actually much easier to sell than fiction, and you can make more money overall, which can then allow you to fund your fiction writing efforts.

It even has a spell - checker which can be nice or annoying, especially if you are writing science fiction and fantasy.

While writing a novel during NaNoWriMo, as mentioned in my previous post, I've been considering an important question for authors and readers alike: which tense works best in fiction?

My contracts were for non-fiction, which is a different animal to fiction — most non-fiction authors are writing for small niche markets, unless they are lucky enough to be either famous, or writing about something with huge appeal, like cookery or self - improvement, so potential sales figures are tiny in comparison to the fiction market.

Fantasy and science fiction for all ages are two favorite genres in which Sue likes to write.

Since plans for a brain transplant is actually occurring, I wanted to write a science fiction book which lacked a lot of fiction.

I read the piece but, by the time I got to that, I was to the point of either throwing the laptop against the wall or writing a major piece, both of which would have taken away from my fiction writing.

The prize, which launched in 1969, aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel of the year written in English and published in the United Kingdom.To maintain the consistent excellence of The Man Booker Prize, judges are chosen... [Read more...]

The buzz surrounding this series may seem like reason for the publishing industry to rejoice, but NPR blogger (and GalleyCat editor) Jason Boog writes that the books, which were born as Twilight fan - fiction — open up a whole other can of worms:

Card has written two books on writing: Character and Viewpoint and How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy, the latter of which won a Hugo award in 1991.

It's articles like this one by author Lynn Shepherd, which basically tells JK Rowling, «You had your shot, go back to writing kiddie books and leave adult fiction to us.»

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.

One of my personal favorites is Patricia Highsmith's Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction, which is not so much a how - to as it is a primer on how she approached her work.

Other titles focusing on developing your craft include the Story Structure and Master Chapter Outline Workbook by C. Michelle Jeffries, Blood from Your Own Pen by Sam Knight (on self editing), Hurting Your Characters by M.J. Carlson (how to properly deal with wounds and injuries in your fiction), and Science Fiction Q&A by Mike Resnick (which contains hundreds of answers distilled from his years of writing an advice cfiction), and Science Fiction Q&A by Mike Resnick (which contains hundreds of answers distilled from his years of writing an advice cFiction Q&A by Mike Resnick (which contains hundreds of answers distilled from his years of writing an advice column).

Most of these authors prefer to write cross-genre fiction, which the NYC publishers do not seem to know how to market.

Roadside Fiction is an Irish online magazine of stories and photographs, which seeks to publish new writing that exudes action, movement, progression and realism.

Speaking of which, I need to go write some fiction.

-- but one that seemed to encompass the kind of books we wanted to offer: fantastical fiction with a sense of the magical and spiritual, written with a literary sensibility, by which we mean fiction with a love of language and an awareness of its place in the literary canon.

Other more prolific fiction writers don't have fiction platforms for all their books, but do have writing blogs which they use to lead any interested readers to their works.

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.

And I've been working as a freelance editor specialising in Christian fiction for the last five years, which means I've seen a lot of manuscripts, good and bad, and have learned something about the craft of writing from each one.