Sentences with phrase «writer goes to some length»

The writer goes to some length to explain his patriotism if somewhat emotionally.

Not exact matches

Certainly none of the writers of any of the ancient texts ever used a female to trace back a family tree, (and they did often go to great lengths to trace them back through male lines).

For decades he went to ridiculous lengths to send money discreetly to a fellow writer who was, as Bertie Wooster said of Francis Bickersteth, a «frightful chump.»

There is a manner of writing, employed by the best reporters when they go book - length, which implies that the writer knows at least as much about his subject as God does, and maybe a little more — perhaps because God knows when to avert His gaze.

Co-directed by the writer and director of 2011's Horrible Bosses and starring Bosses star Justin Bateman (still our current go - to beta - male protagonist, and one of the biggest beneficiaries of this latter - day comedy slump), there's certainly no reason to believe that Game Night is out to revolutionize feature - length comedy.

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI — If you haven't seen writer Martin McDonagh's work before this, you got a crash course in the outrageous lengths he goes to for a reaction.

Even the most resourceful, imaginative filmmaker would be hard - pressed to redeem Diablo Cody's screenplay, specifically the lengths to which the writer goes to disguise her story's true nature, and also the underlying reasons for the charade, which are unconvincing and in bad faith.

Deathtrap Pinole Community Players present Ira Levin's dark comedy thriller about a once successful author who goes to great lengths to produce new work amid a bout with writer's block.

Writer / director / star Gregory Pakis has gone to extraordinary lengths to create an honest, unpretentious comedy that features a miasma of supporting characters, each more memorable than the last.

After all, it would be all too easy to take the mickey out of Wiseau, the cartoonish, imposing figure with a strange, possibly eastern European accent and questionable dress sense, but there's a sense that both Franco and the film's writers went to great lengths to avoid mocking their subject.

«Brazilian writer - director Daniel Ribeiro expands his award - winning short film I Don't Want To Go Back Alone into this full - length coming - of - age drama, whose original title translates as Today, I Want To Go Back Alone, a subtle difference that reflects a shift in focus between the two films.

It's clear immediately that there's just something a little off about Killing Gunther, as filmmaker Killam proves unable to even partially capture the viewer's interest right from the get - go - with the writer / director's choice to employ a mockumentary format exacerbating the movie's arms - length feel (ie the fake documentary structure virtually demands a far more competent approach).

A close look at our example of research paper will tell you the lengths to which are writers go to provide the best possible work you have ever come across.

As indie self - published writers, we get a bad rap about this issue, but every single indie author that I know goes to great length and expense to -LSB-...]

«Our team went to great lengths to ensure Kobo Writing Life would be an intuitive, writer - focused solution adding value to the self - publishing industry, and we're thrilled with the result,» said Michael Tamblyn, EVP of Content & Merchandising, Kobo.

Because I didn't yet belong to a writer's group like RMFW, and didn't have anywhere else to go for information, I turned that manuscript inside out trying to make all the chapters come out at that length.

Hoffman transforms San Francisco into a noir playground for all sorts of shady characters — the kind that can only come from the mind of a writer who really gets people, their secrets and the lengths to which they'll go when they have no good choices.

But all that said about my writing life, I still tell other indie writers to just let a story go its natural length to create the best art possible.

They weren't going to contribute a story for free, and as savvy writers, they wanted to know the royalties breakdown, publishing rights, and the length of time they'd have to wait before they could publish their individual stories on their own.

Our writers will go to any length to write a paper for you entirely from scratch.

Our learned writers are always ready to go to any length to ensure that you get a genuine, well researched and unique essay, written to your personal requirements.

As indie self - published writers, we get a bad rap about this issue, but every single indie author that I know goes to great length and expense to have their manuscripts not only edited but proofread (and usually several proofreading passes) and yet a reader will find errors / typos in our published books.

There's a film being made that's a loose adaptation of the first game's events, a group of copycat vigilante's trying to mimic Jacket's exploits out of boredom, a detective who's content with massacring criminals, a writer who'll go to any lengths to write his book, and we even get a glimpse at Jacket and his friend from the first game.

This supercut of 34 films from Burger Fiction shows the great lengths (and sometimes not so great) that writers will go to not put a quarter in the swear jar.

While the résumé is an advertisement of sorts, most will not go to the lengths of what we see in ad copy and on television, except perhaps on a résumé for an advertising writer.

In fact, the writer of this resume has gone to great lengths to make sure each point speaks to exactly one of those important factors.

Another quality of The Commentary resume is its overuse or improper use of bullet points, some even use sub-bullet points and generally the spacing appears as if the writer is trying to cram as much information as possible in order to keep it to 1 or 2 pages and for some to not go over 3 pages in length.

Professional résumé writers tend to take a more balanced approach to the matter; yes, going on ad nauseum about each minute detail of your career is a bad idea, but generally, content is king and will dictate the prescribed length of your résumé.

However, there's one condition I lay down; if a resume writer is going to take their money, the writer must interview them for an appropriate length of time before going to work writing it.