Sentences with phrase «idea of your narrative writing»

The sample, the representative chapter will give a prospective agent and editor or both an idea of your narrative writing and your ability to communicate your ideas in a coherent, cohesive way.

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Speaking to Variety's chief film critic Scott Foundas, Mann discusses growing up in Chicago, becoming interested in crime stories, the visual ideas he had for the film, the nonfiction book he discarded but still credited, the influence of real criminals and past films (particularly his eye - opening time shooting The Jericho Mile in Folsom Prison), choosing Tangerine Dream to do the score (a decision he still second guesses), the film's writing (including basing characters on real crime figures), casting, explosive stunts, changes made from the shooting script, and the modernist narrative.

The Student Editions include: • Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts • Links to practice quizzes or activities • 12 assessments that include a total of 39 multiple choice, 2 true / false, and 2 sorting questions • Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards • Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading • Excerpts from several high - quality texts, including: - «Harriet: The Moses of Her People» by Sarah H. Bradford - «The Narrative of Sojourner Truth» by Olive Gilbert and Sojourner Truth - «On Women's Right to Vote» by Susan B. Anthony - «Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death» by Patrick Henry • Accompanying Teaching Notes files The Teaching Notes files include: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional resources • Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further • Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

Efficiency Examining the idea of efficiency in a school setting, Stephen Morales, chief executive of NASBM wrote in a recent article: «The notion that a drive for greater efficiency is an attack on precious education resources is a result of a narrative perpetuated by a perception that efficiency translates directly into cost cutting, reduced resources and capacity, and ultimately a drop in a school's ability to improve children's life chances.

For instance, students can write a story from a perspective of a character within the game, thereby extending the game narrative while also incorporating key scientific ideas from the game.

Sean Ruday's practical ideas and teaching strategies for narrative writing should reduce the stress levels of writing teachers all across the country, writes consultant Anne Anderson.

I could see that most narrative was an equation that balance, a zero - sum game, and that tragedy was special because you got more out of the equation that you put in, but I had no idea how to write like that.

Whenever you have to compose a reflective essay, the narrative should be written in the first person which requires some discussion of personal ideas and feelings in the main body of the text.

That was a good lesson for me, this idea that part of your writing process is talking to yourself about what you're writing and then eventually having to cut it so that you just have the narrative.»

I would like to say I approached the research and writing of The Incarnations in an orderly and systematic manner, but the truth is that I pretty much began researching all of the narratives at once, with only a hazy idea of how they would be structured into a novel.

Writing on my phone isn't my favorite way of working, but if I'm stuck on a train coming home from work, I can jot down some ideas and have those narrative pieces ready for when I need to get them into Scrivener.

Truth be told the quality of both the writing and main narrative thread is all over the place, bouncing madly from genuinely beautifully written moments with emotional impact and outstanding twists sure to leave you with your jaw on the floor to scenes with clumsy dialogue and ideas that just didn't work out as well as I would have liked, though exactly how much of this inconsistency can be put down to translation issues is hard to judge.

Now, to be clear using well - worn idea isn't too much of a problem provided it's done well, after all there's plenty of games, books and movies that use incredibly well - trodden narrative routes that still turn out to be great, but as we've already discussed the quality of the writing here is average, making the use of such a cliché a shame.

For composer Austin Wintory, though, the idea of performing Journey's music alongside live gameplay came during the game's early stages of development: «While I was writing the score, it became clear that the game was going to be like a silent film, where the music would have a strong narrative function.

Bringing in screenwriter Stephen Gaghan of Traffic and Syriana fame was in hindsight a big mistake because he either had no idea how to write a videogame narrative or didn't think a game deserved his best effort.

«Slight Writing: Photography and the Legible World» explores how photography can be used as a tool of persuasion - a way to transmit not just the subject matter, but the ideas and narratives behind the subject.

Mr. Dickson wrote passionately about several areas in climate science that troubled him, including: first, the idea that 97 percent of climate scientists agree that climate change is real, caused by humans, and a threat; second, the idea that government agencies had manipulated temperature records to fit a narrative of warming; and third, that China is developing its coal resources so fast that nothing short of radical population control will save us, if burning fossil fuels really does cause global warming.

Law firms, however, only want to see narrative text in cover letters, since this gives them a better idea of how well their job candidate can communicate in writing.

The APA contracted Stephen to write a «Second Edition» of Narrative Therapy — theory and practice that includes new ideas and highlights the future of narrative therapy theory and Narrative Therapy — theory and practice that includes new ideas and highlights the future of narrative therapy theory and narrative therapy theory and practice.