Sentences with phrase «for narrative fiction»

As they look just like the printed book, that's like saying the printed book is the worst possible format for narrative fiction.

Not exact matches

From the beginning, the «bitcoin is for criminals» narrative had to be fiction.

Crane's concept of plot can be adapted for historical narratives and for historical events if we make the transition from «people - centered» fiction to «event - centered» accounts of the past.

As for the postliberal claim to eschew the experiential subjectivism of liberal theology, Henry charged that in elevating narrative over factuality, narrative theology becomes unable to distinguish truth from error or fact from fiction.

For him, the Bible's story of the world's history and destiny is a narrative fiction that has lost its credibility and usefulness in late modernity.

For fiction, I can't remember enjoying anything more than Tolstoy's War and Peace, because it is so powerfully written — the characters, themes and narrative stand out.

Writing this kind of multiple narrative is a challenge, and one that science fiction author Hannu Rajaniemi has tackled with technologist Samuel Halliday for an e-book project called Neurofiction.

Plus, this emotionally grounded adaptation of the science - fiction novel by Robert O'Brien showcases complex performances by three established stars that help to compensate for some thin plotting and narrative contrivances.

While never the most conventional screenwriter to begin with («Pulp Fiction» is a sprawling, ambitious jigsaw puzzle, for one), in recent years Tarantino's screenplays have pushed the envelope further, eschewing most cinematic narrative conventions, with his movies becoming more like filmed novels that don't bother with traditional structure.

Films that might have fit this putative strand included the charming but overlong Timeless Stories, co-written and directed by Vasilis Raisis (and winner of the Michael Cacoyannis Award for Best Greek Film), a story that follows a couple (played by different actors at different stages of the characters» lives) across the temporal loop of their will - they, won't - they relationship from childhood to middle age and back again — essentially Julio Medem - lite, or Looper rewritten by Richard Curtis; Michalis Giagkounidis's 4 Days, where the young antiheroine watches reruns of Friends, works in an underpatronized café, freaks out her hairy stalker by coming on to him, takes photographs and molests invalids as a means of staving off millennial ennui, and causes ripples in the temporal fold, but the film is as dead as she is, so you hardly notice; Bob Byington's Infinity Baby, which may be a «science - fiction comedy» about a company providing foster parents with infants who never grow up, but is essentially the same kind of lame, unambitious, conformist indie comedy that has characterized U.S. independent cinema for way too long — static, meticulously framed shots in pretentious black and white, amoral yet supposedly lovable characters played deadpan by the usual suspects (Kieran Culkin, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Kevin Corrigan), reciting apparently nihilistic but essentially soft - center dialogue, jangly indie music at the end, and a pretty good, if belated, Dick Cheney joke; and Petter Lennstrand's loveably lo - fi Up in the Sky, shown in the Youth Screen section, about a young girl abandoned by overworked parents at a sinister recycling plant, who is reluctantly adopted by a reconstituted family of misfits and marginalized (mostly puppets) who are secretly building a rocket — it's for anyone who has ever loved the Tintin moon adventures, books with resourceful heroines, narratives with oddball gangs, and the legendary episode of Angel where David Boreanaz turned into a Muppet.

The dual narrative that searches for parallels in Travers» upbringing, her fantastical fiction, and her resistance to filmmaker ideas is the weakest aspect of the film.

What matters most is one's predilection for movies that straddle the line between documentary and fiction, creating a ramshackle narrative inspired by real, everyday events.

Creating a docudrama allows for certain narrative leeway, and if you're not going to use that flexibility to craft an engrossing piece of based - on - a-true-story fiction, why bother telling the story at all?

Berg, making her fiction debut, and her director of photography, Rob Hardy, push Every Secret Thing into the overcast dimness that has become a color - palette requirement for cinematic narratives in which loved ones get murdered or go missing.

A smart and casually brilliant work of fiction, the author's characters exude a demand for understanding and compassion above all else in a narrative flow that is forgivably meandering.

Perhaps neither was quite suited for this material as Berg's skill with non-fiction doesn't translate to her first narrative film and Holofcener's gifts with character are smothered by the twisting and turning requirements of airport bookstore thriller fiction.

Bong is known for directing monster movie «The Host» but he also essayed the wildly fascinating true - life mystery «Memories Of Murder,» and setting himself up for an ambitious science - fiction narrative is a major step up to the big leagues.

For something pretty different though, Niki Caro brings us a World War II historical fiction narrative.

The only narrative (a.k.a., fiction) I have so far seen (though I have screeners at home screaming to be watched before the start of the festival) is (the also aforementioned) The Strange Ones, which tells a haunting tale of loss and redemption, and which won a well - deserved Special Jury Recognition for Best Breakthrough Performance at SXSW.

In contrast, the genres of fiction as well as autobiography are told through narrative where criteria for justification include verisimilitude — that is, the likelihood or probability of an event — and believability.

She is seeking: «I am currently looking for lyrical picture books, middle grade and young adult fiction, new adult, mysteries, suspense, thrillers, paranormal, fantasy, narrative nonfiction, adult fiction but find I'm especially drawn to middle grade and young adult.

Erik is looking for the following: literary / upmarket fiction with an emphasis on plot (as in, nothing too slow / quiet / static); popular and academic / trade science nonfiction, especially evolutionary biology; narrative history and biography; contemporary culture criticism (think Klosterman); sports books, if it's got a scope that extends past just games and players and into culture / larger issues.

If your book fits into one of the following book genres (fiction, memoir, or narrative nonfiction) you should write two different versions of your book synopsis for literary agents.

She represents and is seeking arresting voices across a spectrum of genres, though she is most interested in adult literary and upmarket fiction, literary creative nonfiction, illustrators with distinct narrative points of view, and literary books for children.

In the adult world, I'm looking for: commercial women's fiction, historical fiction, biography, history, health, and lifestyle — and, especially, thoughtfully written commercial novels, thrillers with international settings, and narrative nonfiction.

«We recommend the Microsoft Word path as the best option for most fiction and narrative non-fiction authors because it's the easiest method to produce high - quality ebooks that are readable on any e-reading device.

Recent successes include: No god but God (Random House), by religious scholar Reza Aslan; Morgan Spurlock's Don't Eat This Book (Putnam), a companion to his Academy Award nominated documentary Super Size Me; Fergus Bordewich's Bound for Canaan (Amistad), the first narrative history of the Underground Railroad; and Benjamin Kunkel's Indecision (Random House), lead fiction title by an editor of the new literary magazine n +1.

She is currently looking for lyrical picture books, middle grade and young adult fiction, new adult, mysteries, suspense, thrillers, paranormal, fantasy, narrative nonfiction, and adult fiction.

She wants to hear pitches for fantasy, science fiction, literary fiction, upmarket / mainstream fiction, young adult (all kinds), middle grade (all kinds), women's fiction, romance, thriller, mystery, diverse stories, #ownvoices, narrative nonfiction, and voice - driven memoir with commercial appeal.

She wants to hear pitches for happily - ever - after romance, mainstream suspense, thrillers, mysteries, young adult with a fresh voice (both contemporary and sci - fi / fantasy), science fiction, fantasy, action / adventure, picture books (especially author - illustrators), cookbooks, middle grade (all kinds), narrative nonfiction, literary fiction, Southern fiction, Christian and inspirational fiction & nonfiction, and memoir.

- Publishers Weekly «Diaz's spare style and narrative poise make for some disturbing fiction, full of casual violence and indifferent morality.

Partial Bibliography Tickets for a Prayer Wheel (1974, poems) Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974, nonfiction narrative) Holy the Firm (1977, nonfiction narrative) Living by Fiction (1982, non-fiction narrative) Teaching a Stone to Talk (1982, narrative essays) Encounters with Chinese Writers (1984, nonfiction narrative) An American Childhood (1987, memoir) The Writing Life (1989, non-fiction narrative) The Living (1992, novel) Mornings Like This (1995, poems) For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundance (20for a Prayer Wheel (1974, poems) Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974, nonfiction narrative) Holy the Firm (1977, nonfiction narrative) Living by Fiction (1982, non-fiction narrative) Teaching a Stone to Talk (1982, narrative essays) Encounters with Chinese Writers (1984, nonfiction narrative) An American Childhood (1987, memoir) The Writing Life (1989, non-fiction narrative) The Living (1992, novel) Mornings Like This (1995, poems) For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The AbundanceFiction (1982, non-fiction narrative) Teaching a Stone to Talk (1982, narrative essays) Encounters with Chinese Writers (1984, nonfiction narrative) An American Childhood (1987, memoir) The Writing Life (1989, non-fiction narrative) The Living (1992, novel) Mornings Like This (1995, poems) For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundancefiction narrative) Teaching a Stone to Talk (1982, narrative essays) Encounters with Chinese Writers (1984, nonfiction narrative) An American Childhood (1987, memoir) The Writing Life (1989, non-fiction narrative) The Living (1992, novel) Mornings Like This (1995, poems) For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundancefiction narrative) The Living (1992, novel) Mornings Like This (1995, poems) For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundance (20For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundancefiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundancefiction) The Abundance (2016)

Jonathan Lyons represents a select list of authors of biographies, history, science, pop culture, sports, general narrative non-fiction, mysteries, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy, and young adult fiction, in addition to serving as subagent in the United States for several agencies in the UK.

Essayists and memoirists need to find the right persona for each piece, whereas the fiction writer must pinpoint the best narrative distance / s for a given story.

This latest strange, smart narrative experiment showcases McCarthy's gift for wildly original fiction.

The voice Tripp creates for Georgia is pitch - perfect, the historical details so deeply embedded in the narrative I forgot the book was a work of fiction.

Best known for her work on the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series (read our interview with her on the books here), she's now making her second foray into adult fiction after The Last Summer (of You and Me), your basic first - novel narrative of love and friendship.

With honesty, wit, and a wild first - person narrative, this novel breaks boundaries in YA fiction as it tells about college freshman Ellie and her search for art, love, sex, and meaning.

Besides having an eagle eye for grammatical issues, she's especially attuned to the nuances of fiction writing — plot arc, character development, narrative drive — and will push you and your book to the next level.»

For adult fiction, Jennifer is drawn to travel narratives, historical fiction, coming - of - age stories, family sagas, stories of displacement, and magical realism.

Self - Editing for Fiction Writers is most useful for narrative non-fiction writers (memoir, biography, etc.), but any beginning non-fiction writer can draw lessons from it.

Elizabeth Stuckey - French is a highly regarded author of literary fiction whose short stories have been shortlisted for PEN / O» Henry Prize and Narrative honors, but she's written a darkly funny, deeply ironic book that deserves to become a wildly popular novel (and will become that if Amazon figures out the book's potential and prices it to sell.)

::: Starstone Lit Services specializes in proofreading, editing, evaluation, and creative consultation for fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction writers.

Short - listed for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction «Though rife with description, backstory, and a surfeit of gossip, the book's pervasive sense of foreboding and clear narrative arcs keep the tale immersive.

The Inexplicable Logic of my Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Clarion, 3/7) Sáenz's coming - of - age novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (2012) won multiple awards, including a Printz Honor, the Pura Belpré Narrative Medal, the Lambda Literary Award and the Stonewall Book Award for LGBT fiction.

A few of their authors have turned into celebrities and have their fan - fiction and narratives optioned for movies.

«A strange and beautiful work, this masterful narrative proves that Atwood can do anything as a novelist,» says Hale, who knows her literary fiction (in addition to having an MFA, she's been writing this column for nearly 10 years!).

Pierpont's debut makes this common premise feel fresh thanks to character - enriching details (Kay copes by writing smutty «Seinfeld» fan fiction, for example) and a willingness to shake up her narrative structure.

For one thing, several qualities that characterize a terrific work of YA lit also define an excellent work of historical fiction: namely, immediacy and the focus on an individual narrative.

Best known for her narrative nonfiction, she has also published poetry, essays, literary criticism, autobiography and fiction.