Sentences with phrase «such as short stories»

Various forms of writing will be studied, such as short stories, novels, poems, plays and non-fiction.

Section 3 is a free - to - download digital addendum that supplements the chapters of the guidebook and focuses on discussion items that you and your teen can cover at night — such as short stories about the damage that can be done by loose items in your vehicle or the 10 most dangerous foods to eat while driving (hint: all are hot and / or gooey ones that can cause distractions!).

I could also include free content, such as short stories that go with the books, or sneak peeks of upcoming projects.

The App includes — one main free book, perhaps every first book in your series for free, email list sign - up, Enhancements users can pay for (such as short stories on characters in your books), notifications to let users know when there are deals and offers, new release notification / email signups.

We edit all genres of fiction and nonfiction, such as short stories, novels, memoir, and academic work.

Even many «real» writers have published experiments, such as short stories and novellas, putting little effort into the book, hoping to learn something from the sales (or probable lack thereof).

Not exact matches

The Bible has gripping short stories, such as the beautiful account of Ruth's fidelity and the dramatic story of Queen Esther.

Also be sure that you've established a short bedtime routine that is calming (such as a bath followed by a song or story and that your child falls asleep on his own.

After recruiting a sample of 587 demographically diverse parents and their first - grade children in the Chicago area, they randomly assigned some families to use a math - based iPad app that involved reading short stories and answering questions on topics such as counting, shapes, and problem solving.

The team were encouraged to use a breadth of reporting techniques, utilising multimedia skills to present the stories in various forms, such as longer and shorter form writing, as well as video, audio and pictorially.

This so - called «ten percent myth», while accepted as such by neuroscientists, still regularly figures in advertisement, but also in books and short stories as well as films.

Looking back, my own favourites are simple, short reports, such as, «Last days of the Spike», a feature about the closure of an institution for the homeless, and a page 1 news story, «Schools escape clause 28 in «gay ban» fiasco», which upset a bunch of bigots.

With such a specific focus, I had similar concerns heading - into «Jackie» as I did with «Sully», another true - story profile drama that covers events over a very short period of time.

«Split into chapters, replicating short stories, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is top - tier Noah Baumbach and it's really beautiful to see Sandler giving it his all and crafting such a warmhearted but damaged character,» we wrote in our review of the movie when it premiered at Cannes this year, «while Stiller — a Baumbach regular — is very funny as the youngest Meyerowitz, doing his best to distance himself from his father and siblings, but realising home is where the heart is.stories, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is top - tier Noah Baumbach and it's really beautiful to see Sandler giving it his all and crafting such a warmhearted but damaged character,» we wrote in our review of the movie when it premiered at Cannes this year, «while Stiller — a Baumbach regular — is very funny as the youngest Meyerowitz, doing his best to distance himself from his father and siblings, but realising home is where the heart is.Stories (New and Selected) is top - tier Noah Baumbach and it's really beautiful to see Sandler giving it his all and crafting such a warmhearted but damaged character,» we wrote in our review of the movie when it premiered at Cannes this year, «while Stiller — a Baumbach regular — is very funny as the youngest Meyerowitz, doing his best to distance himself from his father and siblings, but realising home is where the heart is.»

Each story in Channel 4's 10 - episode anthology series is based on a short story by legendary sci - fi writer Philip K. Dick, whose works have previously been adapted into such classic and blockbusting movies as «Blade Runner,» «Total Recall» and «Minority Report.»

The Happening has a strong premise, and with Shyamalan's neo-1970's filmic approach the film comes across as a mix between Panic in the Year Zero, Roger Corman efforts such as The Last Woman on Earth, and a J.G. Ballard short story.

If the completist inside you opts to pick up this set at its reasonable release date discount pricing, you'll likely want to still keep the Toy Box, if only for the worthwhile extras from that set which have not been ported over here, such as the Tin Toy short, several animation featurettes, more expansive art galleries, original story treatments, sound effects - only track, and the making - of documentary that has been unfavorably abbreviated.

Although there is barely an explanation as to who all of these people how, how they got their powers, and how these powers can actually work, Bekmambetov keeps the action moving so briskly, and with such visual panache, that he never gives audiences the time to sit and contemplate the many egregious story short cuts in order to get to the next stunningly - rendered action sequence or tantalizing story development.

Another Kickstarter success story, developer JanduSoft's crowdfunded creation takes welcome inspiration from games such as New Super Mario Bros., Joe & Mac, Metal Slug, Castle Crashers, and Trine, but falls far short in piecing everything together into something that's memorable enough for the right reasons.

As the length of the book is given a wide latitude, especially best - sellers such as this, the authors usually have free range as far as how long they develop their stories, as short as 150 pages to over 1000 in some caseAs the length of the book is given a wide latitude, especially best - sellers such as this, the authors usually have free range as far as how long they develop their stories, as short as 150 pages to over 1000 in some caseas this, the authors usually have free range as far as how long they develop their stories, as short as 150 pages to over 1000 in some caseas far as how long they develop their stories, as short as 150 pages to over 1000 in some caseas how long they develop their stories, as short as 150 pages to over 1000 in some caseas short as 150 pages to over 1000 in some caseas 150 pages to over 1000 in some cases.

Featuring never - before - seen Coltrane family home movies, footage of John Coltrane and band in the studio — discovered in a California garage during production of this film — along with hundreds of never - before - seen photographs and rare television appearances from around the world, Coltrane's story is told by the musicians that worked with him including Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Reggie Workman, musicians that have been inspired by his fearless artistry and creative vision like Common, John Densmore, Wynton Marsalis, Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter, Kamasi Washington, along with Coltrane's children and biographers, in addition to well - known admirers such as President Bill Clinton and philosopher Dr. Cornel West.

Likewise, in the capitalist United States it was as late as 1977 that Ossesssione received its first limited release (after a short festival run the year before), as Visconti did not attain the rights to the original Cain novel.13 Accordingly, it was not until much later that Ossessione's historical importance to the story of Italian Neo-Realism was acknowledged, with directors such as Roberto Rossellini — himself coincidentally having a close relationship with Italy's ruling Fascists14 — privileged historically instead.

To think such a story would be palatable for mainstream America, but also revered as a great romantic comedy by many people 8 to 80 is nothing short of astonishing.

Ted Levine stars in The Mangler as the prototypical down - on - his - luck detective, marking days off the calendar until such time that he can sit around his empty house drinking and watching television like the hero of King's «Grey Matter» — the last good short story in Night Shift yet to earn a cinematic treatment.

It derails what should have been a simple, delicately balanced coming - of - age story of a kid coming into his own while struggling to step out of the shadow of a hot - tempered parent, and as such Freundlich's latest ends up being nothing short of an exasperating waste of time.

The only drawback is that it contains several «printed» materials, such as the original short story, two versions of the script and magazine articles about the film, but they're only available to read on your TV screen.

Poirot makes an appearance in 33 original novels and over 50 short stories, and has been played by such actors as Albert Finney, Alfred Molina, Peter Ustinov and David Suchet.

The SAPERE's Philosophy 4 Children (P4C) sessions include stimuli such as a short video clip or story to prompt structured discussions around topics like truth, knowledge and fairness, with the aim of helping children to become more willing and able to ask questions, construct arguments and engage in reasoned discussion.

Young men with athletic ability in sports such as Football or Basketball were considered heroes, regardless of their ability to solve algebraic equations, or write short stories effectively.

Try using a variety of texts for shared reading such as picture books, short stories, poetry, songs, informational texts, and even student writing.

This typically involves changes in (a) textual materials (that is, moving from commercially prepared short stories and text excerpts to original literature as a basis for instruction); (b) curriculum organization (such as moving from isolated instruction in reading, writing, language, and subject matter to intra - and interdisciplinary teaching); and (c) changes in roles and contexts (that is, the teacher moving from controlling topics and turns to assuming a supportive instructional role, while students take greater responsibility for topic selection, discussion, and assessment of their own progress).

Author, journalist and blogger, she's especially keen on short - form writing, such as flash fiction, short stories and blog posts.

We accept well - written articles (ideally 1000 — 4000 words); such as essays, political analysis and satire, philosophy, psychology, short stories, book reviews, book excerpts, author interviews, poetry, et cetera.

There are other stories, though, particularly in the latter half of the book, such as «The River Warta,» that read like workshops for writers, teaching them the mechanics of short stories without the distraction of feeling anything for the characters: You introduce the character this way, hit this beat, give the reader something to chew on right here, and soon you have a workable short story.

The dabbling poet and short story writer, who'd been raised in the same mining village as D H Lawrence, and who had made his living in the oil industry, broadcasting, banking, and as an international management consultant in fields ranging from parliaments to law enforcement, suddenly found himself struck by the idea that this fascinating country — in such a complex state of temporal and national limbo — would make an extraordinary setting for a crime thriller.

Inspired by newspaper stories from the last four centuries, Donoghue's masterful short story collection explores the unexpected in people's lives in such varied settings as Victorian England, Civil War — era Texas, and early twentieth - century New York City.

One of the more popular ways that readers are consuming digital content involves the auto - delivery of content such as serialized titles, installment short stories, auto - delivery of digital newspapers and magazines.

Her short stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in publications such as The Guardian, The New York Times, the Literary Review, The Yale Review, One Story, and elsewhere.

Authors interested in critiques of shorter works, such as stories, essays, and flash fiction, should contact the Tucson office.

Thomas A. Mays is the Improbable Author of «The Mutineer's Daughter», «A Sword Into Darkness», «Demigod», «Lancers Into The Light», and numerous short stories here on the web, such as «Strategic Deployment», «Dreams for Sale — Two Bits!»

Winners of such contests usually send us good short stories for adults with children as main characters, which is why they won.

You write: «One of the more popular ways that readers are consuming digital content involves the auto - delivery of content such as serialized titles, installment short stories, auto - delivery of digital newspapers and magazines.»

By the time of his death in 2017, Denis Johnson had long been acknowledged as a contemporary master of the short story, worthy of comparison to latter - day luminaries such as Alice Munro, George Saunders, and Lydia Davis.

Amazon has a number of exclusive offerings such as their fan - fiction via Kindle Words, short stories with Kindle Singles and they also have the largest self - publishing system with Kindle Direct Publishing.

In celebration, I've added a few items to the website, such as samples of my old writings; short stories from high school, poetry from college.

The World does not include characters, scenes, events, themes, or plots that are unique to derivative works outside of Kindle Worlds (such as movies and television shows) based on Carly Phillips novels, novellas, and / or short stories.

Recent titles, such as Erin Stalcup's novel, Every Living Species, and Frances Cannon's graphic memoir, The Highs and Lows of Shapeshift Ma and Big - Little Frank, have blurred the line between image and word, while others, such as Glenn Shaheen's short story collection, Carnivalia, have combined poetry and prose.

Most contemporary novels are written from first - or third - person perspectives, but many prominent writers (such as Junot Diaz and Lorrie Moore) have written short stories from a second - person POV on more than one occasion.

My other writings include book reviews (published in Fantasy magazine Black Gate, and SF Site), a handful of short stories (I'm a contributor to the Cast of Characters anthology edited by Lou Aronica), and a number of articles on writing and publishing that have appeared in venues such as Writer's Digest and Romance Readers Report.

This is a list of everything Bright Bird Press intends to produce over a given span of time, including novellas, short stories, speaking engagements, and merchandise such as posters and t - shirts.