Sentences with phrase «pieces of fiction for»

Not exact matches

Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies, and fortunately, when there aren't any cookies we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or a subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort, not to mention hospital gurneys, and nose - plugs, and uneaten danish, and soft spoken secrets, and Fender Stratocasters, and maybe the occasional piece of fiction.

Inkle's groundwork is fantastic, making for an unusually vibrant piece of interactive fiction.

Through powerful imagery, stellar performances and a mind - bending, mysterious version of reality, the filmmakers have crafted a great piece of science fiction that will last for many years.

Endo's 1966 novel «Silence,» a stern, exquisite piece of historical fiction about Portuguese Jesuit priests persecuted for their beliefs in 17th century Japan, walks a thin line separating West from East, religious fervor from spiritual skepticism.

Though it heavily reworks Bissell's story, the film feels as beautifully calibrated as a great piece of short fiction, only with visual accents and emphases filling in for the prose.

Mike Birbiglia's sensitive, funny, sad, honest film Don't Think Twice, which has more affection for and understanding of a certain kind of comedy person than perhaps any piece of fiction that's ever been written about them.

In fact, for a film that's based on a true story, «Machine Gun Preacher» is riddled with more clichés than most pieces of fiction.

As an elaborately constructed, compulsively watchable piece of large - scale fiction made for the screen, Fanny och Alexander (Fanny and Alexander) is...

As he did in 2009's superb District 9, writer / director Neill Blomkamp has created another piece of absorbing, socially - conscious science fiction that is visually sumptuous yet disturbing in its implications for the human race.

Though a little harsh for family viewing, Rise constitutes a first - rate piece of science fiction.

The literature of Frank Miller is a prime example that comics aren't just for kids, and just because they are graphic novels, they are as important to our culture as any other piece of American fiction writing.

Goya's Ghosts (2006) Mixing elements of historic fact with fiction, the easiest explanation for Bardem's wig - like mess in this Milos Forman film is that it's a period piece set in the late 18th - century.

Creating a docudrama allows for certain narrative leeway, and if you're not going to use that flexibility to craft an engrossing piece of based - on - a-true-story fiction, why bother telling the story at all?

Rise of the Planet of the Apes isn't a genius piece of science fiction, nor is it on par with the original film for sheer audacity.

This makes it all the more embarrassing that such a great work of fiction is swooped upon and torn to pieces by the producers of «Underworld», who were looking for another Gothic action flick to make them some money.

5) «Looper» In the cleverest volte - face of the year, Rian Johnson made everyone think they were going in for a smart, original piece of science - fiction reminiscent of «The Terminator» and «Twelve Monkeys,» among other things.

Edgar Rice Burroughs» tale of an ordinary man who mysteriously transports to Mars, first serialized in 1912, is the template for just about every piece of fantastical science fiction that has come after.

It's hard to explain but Peluchonneau looks and sounds like he emerged from a hard - boiled noir piece of fiction, complete with overheated narration and rear - projection for driving backgrounds.

For those in the mood for this kind of tale, it's a well - acted and absorbing piece of dramatic fiction, which is the least you would expect from an Irving adaptatiFor those in the mood for this kind of tale, it's a well - acted and absorbing piece of dramatic fiction, which is the least you would expect from an Irving adaptatifor this kind of tale, it's a well - acted and absorbing piece of dramatic fiction, which is the least you would expect from an Irving adaptation.

On the year of Bond's 50th anniversary, here is Skyfall — a celebration of the character's full potential, this immortal member of mainstream fiction, in a glorious piece of entertainment that only has our respect for the «classics» keeping it from immediately being designated the secret agent's most spectacular movie yet.

For example, I think everybody poops, but something we should certainly all remember as a piece of undeniable truth should not be considered the basis of a work of imaginative fiction.

12, reviewed more than 350 pieces of artwork from a monthly magazine for teens and 50 fiction writing samples produced by high school students from a similar publication.

I spent quite a bit of my weekend writing, signing and packing up books, editing for an upcoming anthology, writing a piece of flash fiction for another anthology, responding to emails, etc..

Administered by the Museo de las Palabras (Museum of Words) in Madrid, the competition is for very short fiction pieces of up to a maximum of 100 words.

Fiction Bibliography A Killing for Christ (1968) The Gift (1973) Flesh and Blood (1977) Dirty Laundry (1978) Deadly Piece (1979) The Guns of Heaven (1983) Loving Women (1989) Snow in August (1997) Forever (2002) North River (2007) Tabloid City (2011)

And one could not ask for anything more from a piece of short fiction.

The other was an online flash fiction workshop where you were allowed to share a short piece of your own work for comments (only) after you'd critiqued five other short pieces by group members.

If not, this refers to short pieces of fiction or journalism that are sold for less than five dollars.

For some of you, getting the word out while marketing your fiction book is a piece of cake compared to the writing and publishing that comes before!

For an example on a piece of flash fiction, see my short piece below, entitled «The Cloaked Man».

Recently, I wrote a 500 word flash fiction piece for practice that will never see the light of day.

During his tenure at the magazine, he has written fiction and humor pieces, book reviews, profiles, reporting pieces, and more than a hundred stories for «The Talk of the Town» and «Comment.»

The piece in question is an 800 - word short story, nay, practically a blog post-length work of flash fiction, that she sat down to write specifically for a charity auction.

«An expertly crafted piece of historical fiction, Berry's latest is a must for middle and high school libraries.»

Maybe keep it on the one topic of fiction short story pieces for magazine, collection of 10 short stories for the agent and for the publisher, so the query letters are targeting something specific and you won't have to guess what the reader might be doing — «if you are writing a proposal, write this query letter, or if you wrote a novel, write this query letter, etc.» Just short stories, just ideas of how to phrase it, how long it should be, how much info to share, etc..»

Since electronic reading devices (and to some extent laptops for that matter) make reading long pieces of writing less enjoyable, we have chosen to dedicate the journal to «short fiction,» in this case, fiction which is approximately 1500 words or less in length.

One key similarity is, it's very result - driven — it is all about finishing a piece of fiction, be it for print or ebook publication.

Atavist's Evan Ratliff spoke with GoodeReader at this year's DBW event to talk about how that popularity has led to even more platforms growing up to meet the need for novella length digital fiction and pieces of journalism that would have once been considered impossibly long for print media.

The potential for a renewed interest in short stories — stand - alone fiction that will no longer have to wait to be anthologized or published as a collection — as well as timely pieces of non-fiction on current world events means that readers without the time or inclination to tackle longer pieces of literature can now fill their reading needs with shorter and less pricey ebooks.

I won't pretend that every piece of fiction will change the world for the better, but I do like the fact that it's such a uniquely human endeavor.

February 2017 — my flash fiction piece «Salvation» is one of the features stories at 4 Star Stories for their 2nd Short Short volume.

Inspired by my trip to Gettysburg for the 150th anniversary of the battle, this flash fiction piece was originally submitted for a contest on The Colors of My Soul, and can be found here.

Fiction: Inspired by my trip to Gettysburg for the 150th anniversary of the battle, this flash fiction piece was originally submitted for a contest on The Colors of My Soul, and can be founFiction: Inspired by my trip to Gettysburg for the 150th anniversary of the battle, this flash fiction piece was originally submitted for a contest on The Colors of My Soul, and can be founfiction piece was originally submitted for a contest on The Colors of My Soul, and can be found here.

Though I combed through my most recent flash fiction piece (set to debut in the holiday issue of Splickety Magazine) with unparalleled obsession, I sent it to two authors whom I trust for their review as well.

Into FREE FRIDAY FRIGHTS #freefridayfrights which he'll be starting next Friday — Friday April 6, 2018 and rolling out weekly via www.markleslie.ca/freefridayfrights a free piece of writing (alternating between fiction and non-fiction) that will be available for 24 hours.

Out of all of the feedback I've received so far on this piece, Caitlin's has been the most helpful and considered, especially for this particular mix of experimental poetry / prose and young adult fiction.

As Le Veque points out in the NYT piece, not everyone is in the same category as she is when it comes to adapting to this landscape: since she has been writing fiction for more than 20 years without selling a single book through the traditional publishing industry, she has a backlog of material she can quickly produce and / or cut the price on.

This piece is excerpted and reworked from a few episodes of my blog story, StorySkippers Anonymous, but with the story skipping stuff edited out, because that's just too complicated for flash fiction and I'm not trying to -LSB-...]

I've meanwhile expanded the little draft I knocked off into a longer piece of flash fiction — Thanks all for the promt and impetus!

This piece is excerpted and reworked from a few episodes of my blog story, StorySkippers Anonymous, but with the story skipping stuff edited out, because that's just too complicated for flash fiction and I'm not trying to blow anybody's minds here, lol!