Sentences with phrase «grow as a writer by»

You'll grow as a writer by working with an expert who can point out your strengths and weaknesses, and give you specific feedback on how to take your work to the next level.

Not exact matches

(Similarly it strikes me as unhealthy to define writers by their sexual preferences or skin colors; maybe we will grow out of that eventually, too.)

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

It looked a bit as if a fungus had suddenly grown from the Martian soil and prompted a law suit in a California court by science writer Rhawn Joseph, who claimed that the rock was a living organism that NASA refused to investigate properly.

As a Great Lakes environmental writer, I'm moved and inspired by the pope's edict - not just what it means on the surface, but also because of what it means in the big picture to the growing importance of religion as a form of environmental communicatioAs a Great Lakes environmental writer, I'm moved and inspired by the pope's edict - not just what it means on the surface, but also because of what it means in the big picture to the growing importance of religion as a form of environmental communicatioas a form of environmental communication.

In addition, I have also seen many books written by Dr. Ellington Darden (writer of over 40 weight training publications such as the «Nautilus Advanced Bodybuilding Book», «Bigger Muscles in 42 Days», and «Grow: A 28 - Day Crash Course for Getting Huge») promoting slow lifting as a way to enhance your natural bodybuilding gains.

The promising atmosphere is perpetuated by an engrossing early sequence in which the central foursome debate the fates of three seemingly innocent bystanders, and yet it's equally clear that the movie begins to peter out almost immediately following that electrifying interlude - as writer / director Berg's less - than - cinematic visual choices result in a lack of thrills that grows more and more problematic as time progresses.

There's little doubt that Real Time's admittedly intriguing premise initially seems as though it's going to be squandered by writer / director Randall Cole, as the filmmaker generally stresses hopelessly quirky situations and conversations that grow increasingly tiresome as the movie progresses.

The Slumdog Millionaire filmmaker will direct the show, comprising a sequence of monologues adapted by writers such as Sir David Hare, Neil LaBute and James Graham, retelling the first - hand accounts of 15 young children growing up in the rural township of Rammulotsi, South Africa.

And for any whose heads are not yet spinning, writer - director Johnson throws in another loop or two: In the future, Old Joe's wife was killed by a mysterious, Keyser - Soze - like crime lord called the Rainmaker; now that he's back in the past, Old Joe is determined to find this villain as a boy, and snuff him out before he can grow into deadly manhood.

I'm sure I'll get told by readers if they do or don't like them in good time — in fact that's probably the best way to find out what works and what doesn't and will help me grow as a fiction writer

Through it all, even as Hick's bond with Eleanor is tested by forces both extraordinary and common, and as she grows as a woman and a writer, she never loses sight of the love of her life.

While many writers of both fiction and non-fiction have been able to enjoy the benefits of the digital world, whether by submitting manuscripts to agents in e-reader-compatible format for consideration for traditional publishing, or establishing themselves as self - published authors with a small - but - growing loyal following of readers, the electronic age has not caught up as readily with the needs of graphic novelists.

Just as authors were frustrated by sometimes waiting almost two years from the date of contract signing to the date of publication, readers have grown to expect the speed of instant downloads and almost monthly content from their favorite writers, even in the form of a stand - along digital novella to fill in the gaps while waiting for the next full - length title.

A retrospective of artist Glenn Ligon's work at the Whitney Museum provides a backdrop for his personal history growing up in New York, as well as for the disparate influences that contribute to his mature work — from DeKooning, to children's coloring books of the 1970's, to classics of American literature by writers such as Gertrude Stein or Zora Neale Hurston.

As business report writer for Valens Securities, grew employee grasp of key concepts by 37 %.