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for writers of any kind, in any genre, in any part of the world.
Here are three new books brimming with insights and instructions
for writers of all kinds.
Our takeaway is that having a day job or relying on a spouse's income is pretty typical
for writers of all kinds.
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Not exact matches
With this in mind, you may need to take some time to find a freelancer who can deliver on the
kind of content you're looking
for; most
writers will also require a little bit
of time to learn about you and your business.
In a piece titled: «Dumb Money: Exposing Silicon Valley's Stupidest Investments,» a
writer for New York magazine snarked»... what
kind of genius decided to throw $ 1.2 million at NaturallyCurly, the «leading social network and community
for people with wavy, curly and kinky hair?»»
To be sure, there are those (such as the three hundred plus self - described «lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied activists, scholars, educators,
writers, artists, lawyers, journalists, and community organizers,» including such notables as Gloria Steinem, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Kenji Yoshino), who have already signed on (quite literally) to the proposition that there are no reasons
of principle (or valid reasons
of any
kind)
for conceiving marriage or the equivalent as a two - person relationship, as opposed to a relationship
of three or more individuals (triads, quadrads, etc.) in a polyamorous sexual partnership.
Moreover,
for a certain
kind of writer on the left, ideas must bear a revolutionary panache, and there is a frisson
of defiance in taking one's stance with, say, the Druids
of old (reinvented and sanitized, to be sure, without,
for instance, the burning
of human sacrifices).
As a
writer — or any
kind of minister or artist perhaps — it's hard not to turn one's life into content or impose narrative
for every moment.
But
for the reader the volume lacks a sense
of flow or unity because with each essay one has to determine not only how the Jewish
writers are thinking
of Christians and how the Christian
writer is understanding Jews but what
kind of Jew and what
kind of Christian are being brought together in this particular chapter.
For by «mental» prayer traditional
writers have intended to denote the
kind of conscious relationship with God that does not require the use
of words, spoken or formed.
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.
He was a parish minister
for thirteen years in Detroit; he taught
for a third
of a century at Union Theological Seminary in New York; he was a constant «circuit rider» preacher to colleges and universities; he was kept busy most
of his life with political activities; he made himself available to all
kinds of people; and he was a prolific
writer.
The younger
writers are so self - conscious, so steeped in a certain
kind of liberal education, that their characters can't condone even their own sexual impulses; they are, in short, too cool
for sex.
[8] In looking back and examining such documents, one does so not out
of some
kind of antiquarian curiosity, but because the issues and themes with which the
writers and theologians
of the early church wrestled with are
of enduring significance even
for the self - understanding
of the church today.
In looking back and examining such documents, one does so not out
of some
kind of antiquarian curiosity, but because the issues and themes with which the
writers and theologians
of the early church wrestled with are
of enduring significance even
for the self - understanding
of the church today.
Another
writer takes me
for a
kind of monster who delights in causing spiritual distress.
A few more recent
writers had interpreted hell in a less terrible fashion; they had even turned it into a
kind of purgatory in which the anguish was a necessary means
of purification —
for such thinkers hell was not everlasting or eternal (whichever you choose) but temporary; in the end God would win all men to himself.
Even the earlier gospel
writers like Mark live in a
kind of tension between what Jesus was in the days
of his flesh and what he was
for the church.
Gooch's portrait
of this major American
writer, with its entertaining wealth
of «Flannery» anecdotes from people who knew her in various capacities» family, neighbors, literary associates, spiritual advisors, admirers» depicts the
kind of character
for whom the phrase «an interesting person in her own right» was coined.
Other
writers have attempted to explain the capacity
of narrative to summarize the complexities
of self - understanding: «Narrative history
of a certain
kind,» says Alasdair MacIntyre, «turns out to be the basic and essential genre
for the characterization
of human actions.
Midgets is okay by me too... but the
writer is being such a ultra-sensitive little pri * k that it is
kind of hypocritical
for him to use that politically incorrect terminology.
All you guys make up a great blog community but don't criticize the
writers or editors here, seemingly innocuous comments get under their skin on a site they created to encourage that
kind of dialog
for our enjoyment and expression and
for their profit.
It's really time consuming to break down the plays like that, and you
kind of need one
writer to commit to that
for it to work.
This makes it hard
for headline
writers, says Mr Easton, and politicians, who, unfortunately, usually need some
kind of narrative to sell us when they adopt a particular policy or strategy.
Perhaps unfairly so,
for as photographer Stephen Green - Armytage shows in this weird and wonderful book, the pigeon is not only a creature
of grace and beauty but also, to quote the
writer T. H. White, «a
kind of Quaker..., a dutiful child, a constant lover, and a wise parent.»
In a companion article, Science Careers staff
writer Michael Price considers strategies and tactics
for working with a particular
kind of community stakeholder, patient advocacy groups.
(This
writer recommends faux leather in order to be
kind to animals, so
for all
of the following «leather» pants I really mean «faux.»)
The questionnaire is designed to let the profile
writer get to know you really well, including your preferences
for the
kind of people you would like to date.
So agents hired
writers to type the
kind of letters that would keep men «on the hook and paying»
for as long as possible.
Most profiles on free online dating services say a little bit about the person without telling the reader
of what
kind of person the
writer is and what the search is really
for.
After swapping online dating disasters with friends
for hours,
writer and poet Erin Bealmear decided she didn't want to be the
kind of woman who spends all her...
Writer / director Christopher McQuarrie takes the
kind of whip smart inventiveness he provided
for The Usual Suspects and ramps it up to the eleven that is necessary
for a big time summer tentpole; then directs it with a lovely balance between extreme and subtle.
The world
of Wakanda, a fictional African nation that is the world's most technologically advanced but also quite possibly the world's most secretive, is a bright, gleaming utopia
for its citizens, who live in a society where easy access to the metal vibranium means the
kind of post-scarcity society that science fiction
writers have been dreaming about
for decades.
Government agents loll around the beach, exchanging the
kind of banter
for which television
writers would, in a just world, be sent to some quiet place to reflect on their idiocy.
Shockingly, the
kind of cringe - inducing material upon which Mr. Mazer has built a career as a
writer for Sacha Baron Cohen («Bruno,» «Borat,» «Da Ali G Show») doesn't work when rendered by types who could have been cast in «Notting Hill» (someone even makes a Hugh Grant joke).
A new poster and trailer have arrived online
for writer - director Adam Egypt Mortimer's upcoming supernatural slasher Some
Kind of Hate, which we've got
for you right here...
A new poster and trailer have arrived online
for writer - director Adam Egypt Mortimer's upcoming supernatural slasher Some
Kind of Hate, which we've got
for you right here... Some
Kind of Hate tells the story
of a troubled teen who's subjected to severe bullying.
The first
writer to come on the project
of adapting a six - hour British miniseries into a 127 - minute film was Carnahan, whose 2007 film The Kingdom has the
kind of narrative drive and political awareness that was useful
for this film.
The first look at a heavily anticipated blockbuster now inspires article - length analysis, with eagle - eyed
writers going through them line by line, shot by shot, sometimes frame by frame, searching
for pertinent plot details with the
kind of intensity
of attention once reserved
for the Zapruder film.
As
of 2018, he is known as the
writer / producer behind the completely excellent «I, Tonya,» an extremely funny, oddly nonjudgmental and
kind of ingenious movie about Tonya Harding — not just the scandal
for which she is known, but about Tonya herself, from her hardscrabble start to, well, whatever she is doing now.
For centuries male filmmakers, writers, painters, artists of all kinds have often cited women as the inspiration for their brilliant masterpiec
For centuries male filmmakers,
writers, painters, artists
of all
kinds have often cited women as the inspiration
for their brilliant masterpiec
for their brilliant masterpieces.
Writer - director Jared Hess mined a certain
kind of wood - paneled, mouth - breathing weirdness
for his 2004 breakout Napoleon Dynamite.
It's like an anniversary clips show
for a long - in - the - tooth sitcom, filmed with the same sort
of production values as a backyard porno and scripted (by an uncredited
writer) with almost exactly the same
kind of ear.
If Stealing Beauty is shot with a painterliness by Darius Khondji and possessed
of scattered nuggets
of actual wisdom, not just the
kind you get from leaning on coming -
of - age clichés (I'm especially fond
of dying
writer Jeremy Irons's frantic search
for what he considers one
of his finest pieces
of work («I would think that since I can't find it,» he qualifies)-RRB-, it's also rife with shallow performances (Tyler's is particularly impenetrable, pardon the pun — the camera loves her, but she doesn't love it back), perfunctory soundtrack cues (the use
of Nina Simone is as uninspired here as the use
of Edith Piaf is at the end
of The Dreamers), and fizzling payoffs.
Yet credit co -
writer / director Will Gluck («Easy A»)
for obviously trying to evoke the
kind of snappy, screwball, romantic comedy that was once embodied by droll pros like Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.
By the time he becomes a fiction
writer late in the picture, it's implied that his jealous scenarios with Ramona and earlier girlfriends function as a
kind of substitute
for writing — or perhaps vice versa.
I wouldn't expect any less from the director
of «Final Destination 5» and the
writer of «Step Up All In,» but it's hard not to feel bad
for the actors involved, especially Richard Armitage, because he deserves better than this
kind of SyFy summer schlock.
The following quote from Ryan Coogler,
writer and director
of Black Panther — a superhero blockbuster — on working with Rachel Morrison, supports the notion that there is no reason
for the dearth
of women cinematographers behind the camera when shooting action — or any other
kind of scene.
«If you went to the 1950s version
of this movie Michael Shannon would be the star and the creature carrying the woman at the end
of the movie would be a scene
of horror, and here is an image
of love, so the complexities are
kind of flipped,» del Toro says, letting loose a minor spoiler
for a film that has PR teams urging critics and
writers not to divulge major secrets.