Sentences with phrase «for failed writers»

Contrary to popular belief, blogging is not just for failed writers, aspiring journalists and whiney teenagers.

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WSJ writer John Carreyrou reportedly spoke to four former employees, none of whom are named in his story, including one who «accused the company of failing to report test results that raised questions about the precision» of their tests, which could be «a violation of federal rules for laboratories,» the Journal article said.

«For every J.K. Rowling and Walt Disney and Lennon and McCartney, there are thousands of writers and entrepreneurs and musicians who fail not for lack of grit, but because of how narrowly they apply For every J.K. Rowling and Walt Disney and Lennon and McCartney, there are thousands of writers and entrepreneurs and musicians who fail not for lack of grit, but because of how narrowly they apply for lack of grit, but because of how narrowly they apply it.

The atheist writer surely deserves to be commended for attempting to be open - minded, though his requirements for proof would cause even his own belief - system to fail.

For it is Updike's consuming subjectivity that makes him both succeed and fail as a writer of theological import.

Yet there ought to be a clear distinction in our thinking between a critique of the effects of this genre, with its deceptive promises of liberation, and a more empathic inquiry into the writers and especially the readers of this literature, those searching for some kind of encouragement and relief that they have failed to find elsewhere.

Finally, it is challenging — the challenge of the Catholic writer in our times, perhaps — to marry a joyful Christian witness with a rigorous engagement with intra-Christian controversy, and I accept John Connelly's rebuke for failing at that challenge.

In conducting dozens of interviews, she has failed to find a single convert who traces her or his conversion to the books, When she asked the publisher for proof of its claim, she received copies of seven letters by writers who said they knew of someone else converted through reading.

The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) failed to elect anyone to the new Baseball Hall of Fame class for the first...

I'll have two of whatever the writer of this article is drinking, another pile of excuses for another failed season, yes there is something that separate us from Man city, Manure and Chelski, they have all won the EPL in recent years (some the CL too, don't want to name them though), while we....

I asked some of the Anfield Index writers who they would like to see at Anfield should a move for Keita fail...

UPDATE: Buffalo - area bloggers and writers have been commenting about the anti-Grisanti machinations of «The Committee to Save the Eric County Republican Party» for a few months now, with multiple people connecting the «committee» to Matthew Ricchiazzi, a Cornell University graduate who ran a failed campaign for Buffalo mayor.

Writer Jonathan Kozol was «utterly shocked» by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's death penalty for failing schools comment.

Even David Robinson, the well - respected, even - handed business writer for The Buffalo News got into the act, penning a strongly worded column last month that concluded too many IDA deals fail to promote real economic growth.

Compass campaigns organiser Joe Cox and writer and researcher Ralph Scott set out four reasons why the campaign failed to convince the public to vote for reform on 5 May

It is no disgrace if a science writer fails to make the short list for the Science Book Prize.

He is an actor and writer, known for The Little Death Australian basketballer Ben Simmons has suffered the first real setback of his rookie season, failing to gain selection to the NBA All - Star team.

Writer Laurence Coriat fails to come up with any fresh ideas for developing characters or storylines, and the film never has enough sense of pace or direction.

Beauvois's film (the French Oscar submission, which surprised many by failing to make the Academy's shortlist) took the top prize, but it was «The Ghost Writer» that netted the most wins, with four — including two for Polanski himself (Best Director and Adapted Screenplay), plus honors for editing and Alexandre Desplat's score.

The writers, producers, and director, fail to give anything outside slick visuals, bruising action sequences, and a disquieting environment for its characters.

Above all else, though, he's an egotistical prick and a misanthrope, someone who spends the first ten minutes of the movie berating an ex-girlfriend for being late to a meeting and an ex-friend for being a failed writer who didn't want it enough (that friend, by the way, is in a wheelchair), and he only gets worse as the film goes on.

It's a great line and a quite telling one, for this writer's scientific approach to life is precisely why Juno ultimately fails.

But writer Laurence Coriat fails to come up with any fresh ideas for developing characters or storylines, and the film never has enough sense of pace or direction.

The popular actor has played Ben Bernanke in «Too Big To Fail»; John Adams in a television miniseries for which he won an Emmy; Harvey Pekar, an underground comic book writer, in «American Splendor»; and an assortment of other characters.

Director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal were already hard at work on a project about a failed hit on Bin Laden directly after they finished teaming up for the Oscar - winner The Hurt Locker.

In this romantic comedy, Leo Palamino (Ryan Kwanten) is a failed - writer - turned - dishwasher made famous for his many flaws and shortcomings in a blog called «Why You Suck,» a huge Internet success written by his ex-wife.

It's that obsession for the «Hitchcock blonde» that leads to the discovery of a few sticky head shots in Hitch's den, and for the everlasting resentment of mousy wife Alma (not - mousy Helen Mirren), who decides to have her own fling with failed writer Whitfield Cook (Danny Huston)-- one of several credited writers on Hitchcock's Stage Fright and Strangers on a Train, though Hitchcock doesn't mention that.

While writer - director Ramin Bahrani has continued to explore the dark underbelly of the American dream, he didn't quite nail the shift from his acclaimed, gritty early films («Man Push Cart,» «Chop Shop»), known for their casts of unknowns and shot - on - the - streets aesthetic, to 2012's «At Any Price,» which suffered from the miscasting of Zac Efron as a hard - drinking stock - car racer in a glossy drama about failing farms.

Ageism has long been a hot topic in Hollywood, amid concerns writers and directors are failing to create great leading roles for mature women onscreen.

Writer Kim Fuller (the person responsible for another, rather infamous «girl power» comedy, Spice World) often strains to come up with convincing reasons for the women to stick to their often - failing plan, and while there are more than a few grin - worthy moments, there is a clear dearth of any that induce audible laughs.

Theodore (Phoenix) is a writer for BeautifulHandwrittenLettters.com, spending his days penning poetic love letters for customers» significant others and his nights playing video games and dreaming of his failed relationship with Catherine (Rooney Mara).

Black has a penchant for teaming up badly matched heroes for buddy flicks — he is the writer of the Lethal Weapon series (Mel Gibson and Danny Glover), The Long Kiss Goodnight (Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson), and The Last Boy Scout (Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans), all of which feature two leads with different personalities who must team together or fail — but this may well be his most inventive pairing yet.

Many would fail worse for less, but as a writer and director he proves himself to be a pretty good set designer.

Joss Whedon is a good writer of lighthearted adventure stories but stains himself when reaching for a dramatic gut - punch, most often resorting to weepy sentimentality that fails to pay off in a movie built around extravagant digital battle sequences.

Kirst and Scott discuss the relationship between higher education and the tech industry and the ways in which colleges endeavor to meet the needs of a rapidly changing economy, but are failing to do so for a number of different reasons and the writers conclude with suggestions for improvements at the state level and with recommendations to better align the two worlds.

Education policy writer Andy Rotherham points out that education reform has failed to engage suburban and rural voters, for whom school choice is not an option and accountability is a secondary concern.

I would be remiss if I failed to include Richard Scott, a service writer I have dealt with on multiple past occasions - he too has consistently demonstrated those qualities that have made Tri County my «go to» place for vehicle service.

A singularly talented writer makes his literary debut with this provocative, soulful, and sometimes hilarious story of a failed journalist asked to do the unthinkable: Forge Holocaust - restitution claims for old Russian Jews in Brooklyn, New York.

To help you overcome this hurdle, read below for the common reasons writers fail to complete a manuscript and how to overcome them:

Usually, authors need to flounder and struggle for several years, publish a few failed books, go on Facebook and write posts about how they're «giving up» because they can't get any traction, and marketing is too hard and overwhelming, and they don't think they have what it takes to be a full - time writer.

(Yup, the agency model is failing for anyone but the top agents with the top bestselling writers.

First, there can be different, more personal definitions of «success» for a given writer — and no writer should be discouraged by «failing» to «measure up» to somebody else's definition of success.

Quite a few posts on the indie author discussion site KBoards Writers Cafe reflect a concern, even an obsession, with writing and publishing as fast as possible, for fear of failing to generate sustainable sales.

Unfortunately, a significant number of writers who take advantage of the manuscript submission process fail to reap the full benefit by not seeing it for what it really is.

But the longer that direct submission system forces the really unwashed new writers to agents who are failing, the more editors and publishers will look into the indie published books for possible purchases.

Essay Writers From Perth are helping the students in writing all the essays which students are failing to accomplish for the purpose of assignments.

They are the downtrodden writers who have been trying to get published the traditional way but, for whatever reason, have failed.

The young writer has been getting lambasted in the media for failing to explicitly state that she did not write the book alone, despite thanking Curham in the acknowledgments of Girl Online for having been with her «every step of the way».

That system was pretty clear for most, but wow did it fail writers with very unusual voices or stories that did not fit into certain genres.

And it's flat out wrong for a writer to fail to tell their story exactly the way it should fall naturally.