Sentences with phrase «good fiction writer»

A good fiction writer starts as a good reader.

And trust me, you will be a much better fiction writer at the end of the year with that much practice, and if you finished and mailed or indie published everything, you will be on your way.

«Rhys Bowen is one of the very best fiction writers of the day.»

(I'd argue that people don't know what they're missing when it comes to short stories: for busy professionals, like lawyers, who can finish a story in one or two sittings, for example, or the average reader, who by reading short stories can sample some of the best fiction writers have to offer, as another.)

Not exact matches

The comedian, writer and producer was perhaps best known for «The Larry Sanders Show,» which bridged the gap between TV fiction and the behind - the - scenes world of show business.

At least the writers of the bible and Stephen King had one thing in common — they both wrote good fiction.

Yet all fiction writers (and playwrights and filmmakers, for that matter) must make similar imaginative leaps, and will be judged — as Styron has been judged — by how convincingly they portray the characters whose points of view they've done their best to assume.

Perhaps the best argument against a super-intelligent agent creating the universe is that moderately - intelligent science fiction writers often dream up universes that are way cooler and often even «work» better than the reality we all experience.

Few fiction writers better captured postwar American suburbia than Cheever, with discontent bubbling beneath the grassy lawns.

The sins of imperialism stain the British as well as the French, and if there is a lacuna in my historical fiction, it is the absence of a novel dealing with the kind of cruelties that have been exposed by writers such as William Dalrymple (The Last Mughal) and Ferdinand Mount (The Tears of the Rajas).

Many modern preachers would be better off as stand - up comedians, psychologists, or fiction writers.

Both of these scenes — as well as innumerable others like them in Tolstoy's fiction — are simply far beyond Dostoevsky's range as a writer; he could never have produced anything remotely like them.

The bible is a book of myths and fables... It just has had better promoters, who found it useful for their purpose, than Aesop or any of the other fiction writers of the past...

Interesting discussion — Totally agree about the «punching above their weight» problem with the current spate of «popular» atheists and junk writers, as well as the «Hollywood» treatment of Pullman, but you don't need to wade through Pullman's trilogy to get a useful insight into institutionalism vs genuine spirituality — just pick up the excellent «The Dragon in the Sea» by Dune author Frank Herbert or «The Moon is a Harsh Mistress» by Robert Heinlien — great works from the Golden Age of Science Fiction literature.

This is, after all, a gathering of fiction writers, and if fiction writers were good at going to parties, well, most of them wouldn't be fiction writers.

SF is not fiction about science; some of the best SF writers — Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison — have no detectable interest in the subject.

In just that way, a good science - fiction writer should never violate scientific laws through ignorance.

Despite being the most influential science writer in the world, Asimov is best known for his fiction, particularly his «Foundation» novels, written during the 1950s, and his novels about «positronic robots».

The potential evolution of today's technology, and its social consequences, is dazzlingly complicated, and it's perhaps best left to science - fiction writers and futurologists to explore the many possibilities we can envisage.

Stories about a better future can help break the dominance of the story that says you're screwed, says legendary science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson

TENURED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR THAT LOVES TO WRITE FICTION, extremely bright and very athletic, from family of well known writers

Science Fiction has to be well written and internally consistent if it's to engage and hold an audience but V just comes across as (yet another) TV series written by non-sci fi writers who don't have a grasp of the genre.

Fiction writers could not have come up with a better plot.

It has been argued that Jackson's performances in Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown served to sanction his writer - director's fetishizing of certain stereotypes pertaining to African - American movie characters — and also his co-opting of subcultural postures and attitudes well beyond his real - life experiences (if not, it goes without saying, his VHS collection).

Among those titles, writer - director Tamara Jenkins returned after an 11 - year absence and 2007's The Savages to unleash the well - received infertility comedy Private Life, while docmaker Jennifer Fox turned heads with her first fiction foray, The Tale, a brave dramatization of her own belated discovery of sexual abuse.

Writer - producer - editor - director Krik (his director's credit reads «Dave Herman,» apparently out of concern that weaving too much inconvenient truth in with the genre fiction might attract the wrath the shadow conspirators), might have done better to deliver less retro larkiness and more straight facts.

Although we've seen many films of similar ilk in science fiction, from Sphere to Event Horizon, the writers are well aware of audience expectations, putting enough fog and mirrors in the mix so that we are never exactly sure.

«I'm writing a script for a film now actually with Jon Raymond, who adapted «Mildred» with me, a Portland - based fiction writer and screenwriter, and good friend,» he said recently via telephone.

Based on the best - selling French comic series «Valérian and Laureline» by Pierre Christin and Jean - Claude Mézières, published by Dargaud — visionary writer / director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Lucy) advances this iconic source material into a contemporary, unique and epic science fiction saga produced by Virginie Besson - Silla.

The screenplay received a Bradbury Award nomination from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and the film received, among other honors, the Empire Award for Best Director; a Comedy Central Comedy Award for Best Director; two Scream Awards; a GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Film — Wide Release; and two Satellite Awards including Best Picture — Comedy or Musical.

Writer - director Jeff Nichols is earning well - deserved praise for his fall release Loving, but less attention was paid to this highly original science - fiction thriller — because it's so difficult to categorize.

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Science fiction is at its best when it takes a crazy concept and applies it to real world issues, and that's exactly what writer director Yoshio Kato does with 3FT Ball and Souls, a teeny tiny Japanese film filled with big ideas and even bigger heart.

Director Doug Liman, and Writer Gary Spinelli come out swinging with this stylish look - back on the late 70's and early 80's proving that sometimes life is stranger than fiction and that Tom Cruise, when given well crafted material, is still a solid actor of bravdic male characters.

The Ghost Writer comes from a template similar toPolanski's 1999 thriller, The Ninth Gate.Both films are based on best - selling genre fiction and involve a mercenary inthe world of books who finds himself on a journey into fear and darkness.

Based on a popular graphic novel by Marasume Shirow and directed by Rupert Sanders («Snow White and the Huntsman»), Ghost in the Shell is a visually stunning experience with a fine core performance by Scarlett Johansson («Captain America: Civil War»), but it borrows so much of other, mostly better science fiction films and TV series, that charges of grand larceny should be levied against writers William Wheeler («Queen of Katwe»), Ehren Kruger («Transformers: Age of Extinction») and Jamie Moss («Street Kings»).

That anticipation came courtesy of «District 9» — the 2009 science fiction film by Neill Blomkamp, «Elysium's» South African writer - director — which came out of nowhere to be nominated for four Oscars, including best picture and adapted screenplay.

«The Rider» Technically speaking, «The Rider» doesn't open until April 2018, but I've already cried my way through Chinese - born writer - director Chloé Zhao's deeply humanistic docu - fiction hybrid twice (it won top honors in Cannes» Directors» Fortnight section and at the Reykjavik Film Festival) and was duly impressed when the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominated it for best picture.

Watching Like a Writer is a movie review series that looks at films from the perspective of a fiction writer, complete with one writing takeaway, and an exercise that will help better your fiWriter is a movie review series that looks at films from the perspective of a fiction writer, complete with one writing takeaway, and an exercise that will help better your fiwriter, complete with one writing takeaway, and an exercise that will help better your fiction!

The writer / director's distinctive brand of genre homage remains, evolving from horror to action to science fiction; his good - natured irreverence again rears its head in satirical commentary and clever comedy; his man - child protagonists return, with different character names and dynamics but the same immature traits.

«At the same time, there is a strong evidence - base indicating that the use of dramatic enquiry — a drama - based practice where the teacher and pupils work in roles within a fiction to explore a story in a particular setting with developing characters — as well as the creation of a «community of writers», where the teacher writes alongside the children as a role model, can make the process of writing more meaningful for children.»

But it turns out that acclaimed literary fiction isn't better than YA Salon.com commentary by Brian Platzer, a writer and teacher in New York City

Well, initially I was going to say that I didn't really have a horse in this race, since I'm an SF / F author, not a romance author — but pointed out and quite correctly that actually, any writer of fiction has a horse in this race.

Britain's Crime Writers» Association is gearing up for another round of the Debut Dagger competition, its annual search for the best unpublished English - language crime fiction novel.

Then, after you helped me get a well - known agent with Hartline Literary Agency (for my previously self - published murder mystery), he got me a deal with an American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) approved publisher.»

Hidden Shadows is a Winner in the Fiction category of the 2016 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement award; Winner 2016 Global Ebook Awards, Popular Literature Fiction; Short - Listed for the Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize; finalist for the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award; Honorable Mention, General Fiction, Eric Hoffer Award; Finalist, da Vinci Eye Award; Finalist, Debut category: WFWA (Women's Fiction Writers Association) Star Award Contest; Finalist, Literary Fiction, NIEA (National Indie Excellence Awards); Finalist for the Will Rogers Medallion Award in the Western Romance category; Finalist in the NERFA contest (National Excellence in Romance Fiction Awards), sponsored by First Coast Romance Writers, for «Novel with Romantic Elements;» Finalist in the Long Contemporary category for the Aspen Gold Reader's Choice Contest (Heart of Denver Romance Writers) and Top Ten finisher, Best Other Novel, Predators & Editors Readers» Poll 2015 as well as other awards and accolades.

Readers may also be interested in this post by Sangeeta Mehta entitled Is Self - Publishing a Viable Option for Literary Fiction Writers as well as my earlier post, Tearing Down the Wall: Why The Literary Community Should Embrace Indie Authors.

I'm eligible for the 2018 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction and Fantasy.

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