Sentences with phrase «n't grow as writers»

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And even when the dialogue grew more critical — as some writers questioned the movie's refusal to deal with issues like misogyny or anti-Semitism — it didn't hurt ticket sales.

It was not addressed to any one church or district, but was published as a tract or pamphlet, to correct the growing disbelief in the second coming of Jesus; and to enforce his message its writer put it forth, as other men of his time were putting forth theirs, under the great name of Peter.

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.

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Post-Fiction, as Tarantino — who received massive acclaim as a writer — began to grow as a director he not only started to use more camera angles and less pulpy lighting but he also started to overlay compositional scores on top of his films, not just music that his characters were listening to.

Sandler began his career as a stand - up comedian and joinedSaturday Night Live as a writer and featured player before starring in, producing and writing numerous films, including the box office smashes The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, The Longest Yard, Big Daddy, Anger Management, 50 First Dates, Click, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2.

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.

But just as lead actors in Woody Allen films frequently mimic the tics of their director, so female writers working with him, including Schumer, invariably create typical Apatow characters — the stunted adolescent who can't grow up — just with added oestrogen.

I am not embarrassed to have grown as a writer, and I want to be able to look back at those books and recognize how far I've come.

This offers aspiring authors an opportunity not only to be published, but to grow and develop as writers and refine their personal brand.

As we grew in our craft and became published writers, not just aspiring writers, of necessity, we got more serious about the business side of writing.

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

I mean, I don't see writers as teachers because books are kind of shared items because when writers write them, they are hardly anything and when people start to read them, they begin to change and grow and like that.

It is not long before another famed writer, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and grows entwined in the catastrophic schemes of the hospital's owner, the peculiar, charismatic Dr. Matthew Allen, as well as with his lonely, adolescent daughter, and a coterie of mysterious local characters.

He has grown as a writer since then, and even though this book was not bad, I would not call it good.

Generally, I don't recommend trying to get into bookstores or focusing on live events such as book signings, but it's important to address WHY I don't recommend them, since most first time authors will persist in achieving visual markers that match the «writer fantasies» they grew up with.

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.

The world of Eden is not always fully developed — readers will likely walk away with a few questions — but Charbonneau's skill as a thriller writer will hook readers as the tension between the siblings grows and the Trial of Succession rushes towards an explosive end.

The focus is on providing guidance and coaching to authors, so they can not only make the changes on their own, but grow and improve as writers.

I don't see how anyone can be successful, or grow as a writer, without an editor.

Growing demand of high score in assignments is pushing students to take this help, as without the help of assignments writer they can not achieve their target of good marks.

Just as writers have been making the same mistakes for millennia, the need for editorial input has not diminished, but grown.

Since professional writers already depend on agents / contract lawyers (since even the best and most caring editors are still on the publisher's payroll, not the author's), and as the share of self - published books grows, it seems unavoidable that some agents and editors will merge / pool their talents to provide writers with the external services they require (accounting, editorial counsel, copy - proofing) so that authors can focus on their core trade.

Alternatively if we believe that eBooks will expand the market, then the price of the eBook can also be reduced — and whether the split of the earnings is renegotiated or not, both the Publisher and Writer will earn MORE as a result of the grown market.

Standing out becomes more difficult, not less, over time, as more writers produce their own works for an extremely crowded market and a readership that has grown at nothing like the speed of the writers» corps.

hopefully, as this model grows, and more information about how well it works for both readers and writers (or not) is available, this alternative will be included in discussions about now established outlets, B&N, Amazon, iTunes, etc..

As the self publishing and indie industries grow, writers who might not have been discovered through traditional channels are able to get their voices heard.

Even after using these resources to construct a new resume, I steadily grew frustrated as I couldn't understand why someone who considers themselves a «decent» writer couldn't grab the attention of recruiters with my resume long enough to want to interview me.

And now thank goodness I have a growing and thriving business as a writer and blogger, so sometimes you have to take that first step towards your goals and dreams, even if it isn't easy or all that popular.