Hints for Writers: An On - Line Fiction Tutorial — tips
on fiction writing and the writing life from author Greg Garrett.
Several years ago, when I was green as lettuce and attended the Kris Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith workshops
on fiction writing — which made me a little less green, if nothing else by providing a much needed wilting — they kept saying the same puzzling phrase «Treat it like a business.»
Randy's best - selling book has become one of the standard textbooks
on fiction writing, with more than 80,000 copies sold.
Fantasy author Victoria Grefer's blog contains advice
on fiction writing and thoughts on the book publishing industry at large.
I have resigned my day job as an IT consultant in order to focus
on my fiction writing and also on The Creative Penn community of writers and authors.
My goal for the next couple of years is to focus
on my fiction writing.
I am delighted with the attention that Gary has given to HUNTER, and to my thoughts
on fiction writing and the future of publishing.
William Bernhardt is the bestselling author of more than forty books, including the blockbuster Ben Kincaid series of novels, the historical novel Nemesis: The Final Case of Eliot Ness, currently being adapted into a miniseries, a book of poetry (The White Bird), and a series of books
on fiction writing.
Even though I focus
on fiction writing, I also looked through the sections on poetry and creative nonfiction prompts and was equally impressed with them.
Speaking engagements I take great pleasure in doing speaking engagements on the importance of editing,
on fiction writing and editing, and on editing as a career.
And blessings to
you on your fiction writing project.
Not exact matches
Nissan
wrote on their website that it has «achieved the technological advancements necessary to begin to make this
fiction a reality» by that date.
It is also nice that it has some emphasis
on speculative
fiction, something many
writing guides ignore completely.
Ep559: Andy Weir, author of NYT bestseller «The Martian» (soon to be Ridley Scott / Matt Damon movie)
on writing the year's science
fiction smash
I havent read the odyssey so I cant personally make a case that it was
written as
fiction, I'm relying
on the hundreds of critical examinations of it that state it is
fiction with some historical facts thrown in.
That bullshit might have worked when mankind was living in caves and a couple of thousand years ago when some desert dwellers
wrote a crappy piece of
fiction now called The Babble, but we now know better
on many, many fronts.
Theo That is just plain stupid, you can
write fiction based
on subject that may or may not be real, the Theogony for example or the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
I can take your point
on the Dribble being
fiction, but
written by the Romans?
Of the Bible she
wrote, «I regard these writings as histories consisting of mingled truth and
fiction, and while I admire and cherish much of what I believe to have been the moral teaching of Jesus himself, I consider the system of doctrines built upon the facts of his life... to be most dishonorable to God and most pernicious in its influence
on individual and social happiness.»
You sometimes make me think it would be great for you to
write fictions on Bible stories like Gene Edwards did, and sometimes puzzle me with the depth of your thoughts.
At Yale, Warren carried
on with
writing poetry and
fiction that is unfortunately largely not read these days because much of it is excellent.
The petition states: «Ricardians (those who believe Richard was wrongly accused of usurping the crown by murdering his way to it, but that he was actually one of our most just and enlightened kings) are clearly aware that Shakespeare's play was
fiction and probably
written as a satire
on the corruption of power, but members of the general public often believe that Shakespeare was accurate, so each time the play is produced it only adds to the unfair reputation that Richard has been given.
I suppose this is because all my
writing is non-
fiction and most of the the books
on writing are for and from those who
write fiction.
Nothing is more damaging to
fiction, she
wrote, than writers who try to impose their beliefs
on their novels in a forced or unnatural way.
This adjustment would have made it clearer what Carter — who teaches at the University of Arizona and who has
written learnedly
on the eras of Grant, Coolidge, and Eisenhower, as well as
on such disparate subjects as Antarctica and science
fiction — was up to.
Is is that same trait that allows you to believe in the invisible man in the sky and lead your life
on a book of
fiction written by humans about the invisible man in the sky.
He's hoping to turn his education into a
writing career, currently focusing
on food and entertainment, but hoping to branch off into
fiction.
I'm also working
on science
fiction and fantasy novels, and pretty much any and all
writing projects I can get my hands
on.
I'm
on the second book, and though it is YA
fiction, it's well
written and a lovely distraction, if you like a little fantasy... Here's hoping for an hour to myself, even if it is in a dark closet, and a time to shower, Whenever that may be.
And while it sometimes can be overwhelming to work
on fiction while working
on non-
fiction parenting pieces in the same week, it also lets me have a break while still being productive if something is frustrating me in one area of my
writing.
Obviously this is a pretty broad question, and I don't care if these are primary sources, to collaborative works by modern historians, to historical
fictions (as I'm sure much of this detail will be left to the imagination as not much evidence will remain), but I'm looking for how humans ran societies, and the issue they dealt with,
on a day to day basis, because people live
on a day to day basis, and don't, like historians, summarize a decade in a couple of pages of
writing.
On the weekends I
write fiction or tackle a short science article.
Carl Sagan,
on the other hand, did have to deal with a backlash because he was
writing fiction and thinking about extraterrestrial civilizations.
Several of the 16 writers in The Profession of Science
Fiction also concentrate
on the relationship between mainstream
writing and SF.
Clarke, who suffered from post-polio syndrome and reportedly had trouble breathing before his death
on March 18,
wrote scores of books, both
fiction and nonfiction, and won numerous awards.
In 1993 the science -
fiction writer Vernor Vinge
wrote an essay
on this particular kind of future.
Whether you are curious about
writing, love to journal, have been working
on a secret memoir, or have a specific
fiction, poetry, or other projects in mind, this retreat will give you ample space to commit time, energy and focus to your
writing practice.
On the site, writers of
fiction and nonfiction are welcome to
write, publish, and sell ebooks without constraint.
About Blog Flash
fiction & short story writer, working
on a novel, interviewing authors, &
writing about the craft.
About Blog After many years as a teacher, I retired and began researching for a Ph.D.
on the
fiction of the Great War - especially the books, stories and plays that were
written during the War or immediately afterwards.
Most of my content applies to
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About Blog To balance the
fiction with something else: I also do travel
writing, the occasional work of humour, book reviews, essays
on various topics I feel strongly about (plagiarism is one).
The Incredibles,
written and directed by Brad Bird, served up something of a definitive superhero tale, using an average family with extraordinary gifts to comment
on modern standards and mining the rich history of superhero
fiction for endless laughs and excitement.
And those novels, just like novels in genres like science
fiction and mystery, share common elements but vary in quality, depending
on how well they're
written.
The breathtaking, richly eloquent, and visually - poetic film - deliberately filmed at a slow pace - about space travel and the discovery of extra-terrestrial intelligence (many years before Star Wars (1977), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)-RRB-, was based
on the published 1951 short story The Sentinel,
written in 1948 by English science
fiction author Arthur C. Clarke.
I still love the power of
fiction, and I've
written pieces about movies in the past year that I'm proud of, like this one
on David Lynch and this one
on the intersection of movies and video games.
Her
writing and interviews have appeared in The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Orlando Weekly, Science
Fiction Weekly, and at the NPR Books website, and she's been a recurring guest
on Filmspotting, Slashfilm's Filmcast, and The Sound Of Young America, now known as Bullseye.
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on the first screen, «100 Years in the Making» (10:43) considers Edgar Rice Burroughs» entry into
fiction writing (with an actor reading his autobiographical writings) as well as this film's journey to be made.
After this he will be starting work as producer and star
on the science -
fiction space drama Passengers,
written by Jon Spaihts.
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on the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard directed by Quentin Tarantino