Sentences with phrase «for works of nonfiction»

Research Editing may also be necessary for works of nonfiction.

Not exact matches

In his book The Art of the Deal (Random House)-- Trump's autobiography which has been described by his ghostwriter as a «nonfiction work of fiction» — he claims his first wife, Ivana, was an alternate for the Czech ski team, yet the Czech Olympic committee says they have no record of this.

Actually, nonfiction works for children are the untold story of the past two decades.

She published nonfiction works during the next 24 years, including The Death of Adam and Mother Country, but kept her fans waiting until 2004 for a second novel.

For the past three decades, the Hugo Award — winning author has been mapping out his vision of the future in dozens of works, both nonfiction and sci - fi.

His complete immersion in his subject makes for a superlative work of narrative nonfiction.

Yanillys Perez» feature debut, which won the TIFF 16 Dropbox Award for the Discovery Section, is a work of creative nonfiction.

A nonfiction film about the slow bleed of American manufacturing jobs over the past five to six decades, American Made Movie is engaging enough for armchair politicos, but generally more successful as a diagnostic statement of basic socioeconomic condition than a groundbreaking work in and of itself.

It now transpires that McKay, a Saturday Night Live graduate who is no stranger to political satire, viewed The Other Guys as a slapstick allegory for the recent financial crisis and was working on the movie when he first read Michael Lewis's nonfiction book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, an account of the people who predicted (and profited from) the crash of 2007 - 8.

Jessica Oreck's fantastical work combines animation, traditional storytelling, and contemporary nonfiction filmmaking styles to recount the Slavic folktale of the frightful Baba Yaga, a witch said to live in a woodland hut perched on chicken legs who roasts her guests for dinner.

Tracey Maurer, writer of over 100 nonfiction books, talked with students about how she does research, works with a publisher, and comes up with ideas for her texts.

And KIPP is working with Common Core, Inc., the non-profit that developed Eureka, to create a new K — 8 English curriculum for KIPP schools that is designed to build student knowledge systematically through the use of high quality works of literature, nonfiction, and informational text.

Good Girl Work, (Millbrook Press, 1999), which relates stories of female child labor, was named by the ALA as one of the best nonfiction books published for young adult readers in 1999.

Great for readers of all literacy levels, these nine nonfiction titles work in English language arts, social studies, and science classes.

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award - winning author of more than thirty books for children and young adults, including picture books, novels, works of historical fiction and nonfiction.

Similarly, the National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education, or NAATE, which provides specialized professional growth opportunities for educators, works to retain teachers and school leaders through opportunities to grow in data - driven instruction techniques, peer leadership, and communication and feedback.32 Building on past professional learning successes via its network of teacher leaders in 185 sites, the National Writing Project's, or NWP's, College Ready Writers Program demonstrated that teachers will commit to and participate in high quality professional development that helps them strategize approaches to teach argument writing using nonfiction texts and provided adaptable classroom materials.

Another source for finding freelancers who work specifically with indie authors self - publishing fiction and creative nonfiction is the Association of Independent Publishing Professionals (AIPP), which has a searchable directory of service providers.

Agent Brian Tibbetts is interested in representing new works of fiction and nonfiction for the general market.

22 black literary agents work at 16 of the 6oo + different literary agencies in the United States; however, 261 agents accept queries for multicultural fiction and 233 agents accept queries for nonfiction books dealing with multicultural issues.

Article rewrites (some exclusions apply), re-execution of drafts (from articles to full manuscripts), nonfiction eBooks for trade or business owners, as well as full - length fiction and nonfiction works.

She is also looking for nonfiction by authors who are getting their work published regularly and who have a realistic sense of the market and their audience.

Visibility and ability to self - market are mandatory these days for writers of nonfiction and self - published works.

Narrative Magazine awards a US$ 4000 new and emerging writers» prize for the best short story, novel excerpt, poem, one - act play, graphic story, or work of literary nonfiction published in the magazine.

I'm working on a non-fiction eBook project, and wonder why so many folks advise for nonfiction a block style with line spacing of some amount between paragraphs, but for fiction indents are preferred?

Natasha reaffirmed that what was true for a fiction writer like Adam is true for nonfiction writers as well: good writers are a pleasure to work with because they're constantly thinking about the process of communicating.

In the course of doing research for a book like Astoria, which my agent has called «historical adventure,» I find myself reading bits and pieces of all sorts of works of nonfiction, as well as explorers» journals and memoirs, history, anthropology and many other eclectic subjects.

So just how does copyright work to the benefit of nonfiction writers, writers for whom the substance of their work is in the facts?

Media coverage for nonfiction works is slightly more likely, even in the self - published world, but that depends on the timeliness of the subject matter and the author's notoriety, but even then I'd still recommend starting smaller with local publications such as community newspapers.

For this reason, acceptance of previously unpublished manuscripts by UP is limited; most are short nonfiction works with a bare minimum of artwork or graphic material.

Our experienced fiction and nonfiction editors know what agents and publishers want and will provide a detailed, written critique of your opening, a candid assessment of whether or not your work is ready for the marketplace, and specific suggestions to make your opening more captivating.

Many of the Kindle courses I've seen, suggest that you should produce many quick nonfiction books, outsourcing all the work for cheap.

Written for 7 to 10 year - olds, Sticking Together fits in with your series of excellent children's nonfiction «The Way the World Works», with a format similar to Hold Everything: Containers from Pots to Plastic.

One of the winners of my sixth annual Promising Beginnings Writing Contest is Dr. Laurel Shaler, for her nonfiction work Reclaiming Relationships.

Eventually I would soar out of Housing Works Bookstore enthusiastic with ideas for future published works of creative nonfiction, fiction, and poWorks Bookstore enthusiastic with ideas for future published works of creative nonfiction, fiction, and poworks of creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.

It's also a positive sign that more consumers seem to be purchasing nonfiction, especially for juveniles; working under the assumption that a number of juvenile non-fiction titles may be school - related purchases, it might indicate that consumers are choosing to shop from their local physical book stores for their kids» book needs.

As they explain on the website: «Welcome to TED Books: an imprint of short nonfiction works designed for digital distribution.

The latest novels of writers such as Andrzej Stasiuk and Michał Witkowski highlighted a list that included journalists and nonfiction writers who could capitalize on Poland's reputation for producing sharp, essayistic travel writing — a reputation established by Ryszard Kapuscinski that continues in Stasiuk's non-fiction work.

And one more for good measure: Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest recognizes work by an emerging writer (no published work, traditional or indie) in each of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Tips for how to improve your nonfiction work through the frustrations and rewards of revision.

My own nonfiction work, «Aegean Dream», also published by Panverse, was # 1 in both Kindle UK > Greece categories for 14 weeks and is approaching sales of 3,000 since March of this year.)

My work with Smith Publicity was foundational in creating a platform for my nonfiction writing, and particularly, Farming Soul: A Tale of Initiation.

She received her BA in journalism and minor in creative writing through the honors program at Western Washington University, studied creative nonfiction at the University of Alaska Anchorage graduate program, and worked for nearly 10 years as an award - winning reporter at the Frontiersman newspaper.

With a selection of original nonfiction titles, excerpts from forthcoming nonfiction books and reprints of nonfiction work we feel deserves to be read again, Now and Then Kindle books are focused on material that is historically based but also has relevance for our world today.

Bibliography or reference list: The bibliography section, typically used in works of nonfiction, lists the sources for works used in the book.

Granted, BiblioTech does mention the possibility of special arrangements for low - income people to be able to read «the latest best - selling novels of hit movies» or presumably nonfiction works as well.

Here's what a post of the episode looks like for my nonfiction work: http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/how-to-keep-going/

You have worked as an editor and a writer of nonfiction for several decades.

Joanna Penn has created two definitive brands for her two types of writing: one for her fiction work (thrillers), and one for her nonfiction work.

Authors of short form fiction and nonfiction reading this post will no doubt agree and look for a way to sell their own short - form work online.

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