Sentences with phrase «writing craft because»

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If you think you aren't a good writer, it's probably because you've gotten hung up on the «craft» of writing.

«I write for myself because I've loved the craft since I was a kid, because it's how I process the world and make sense of things, and because I kinda suck at everything else so my professional options are limited.

That violated RFRA, wrote Justice Samuel Alito in the majority opinion, because it penalizes the religious beliefs of the Green family, evangelical Christians who own Hobby Lobby, a craft store chain with 500 stores and more than 13,000 employees, and the Hahn family, Mennonites whose company employs more than 1,000 employees in five factories across the country.

I'm not just saying that because I wrote an entire cookbook about maple, and we have a craft - made maple syrup business.

Oh, and if Lady Gaga had to work forty hours a week waiting tables or writing computer code in order to keep a roof over her head (because she couldn't make a living playing clubs), she wouldn't have as much time to practice, craft new routines, or cut songs.

And because I believe great writing reflects great thinking, I'm always on the lookout for masters of the craft, regardless of the subject.

That's because both writing and planning deal with craft.

We must return to teaching students the process of writing in which revision is always assigned because it is through revising their writing that students develop the quality of their thinking and learn the art and craft of written expression.

Collecting evidence is an important part of essay writing because it allows students to weigh different sides of an argument and eventually craft theses that they are able to defend.

Because of that structure, critique groups are often better with writing craft issues on a smaller scale (clarifying sentences or paragraphs, scene goals, immediate motivations, dialogue passages, etc.) than on a story - sized scale (character development, plot flow, story goals and motivations, themes, emotional arcs, etc.).

This just in... literally as I'm putting this post to bed: Sue William Silverman — author of the memoirs Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You and Love Sick: One Woman's Journey through Sexual Addiction — reports that her writing craft book Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoir has received an Honorable Mention in ForeWord Review's Book - of - the - Year award competition in the category writing.

This is why self - published authors decide to not send manuscripts to traditional publishing house, because it's easier to make a living with your craft and write full - time.

They enjoy more flexibility because this is their vocation, their craft, they make their living from writing.

When I first entered the industry, I had a great deal of respect for the craft of writing because of my personal experience with a fantastic body of literature and I aimed high.

I've finally accepted that I blog about writing because I love teaching writing craft, and it's about time I accept that as part of my brand.

Because Elizabeth's understanding of writing craft is based solidly in her three popular mystery series, published through Penguin and her own imprint: the Memphis Barbeque Mystery series with Penguin / Berkley under the pseudonym Riley Adams, the Southern Quilting Mystery series with Penguin / NAL, and the Myrtle Clove series with Midnight Ink.

I know this because I've read an endless stream of writing craft and career books from successful authors, and I'm still scratching my head over some aspects of the whole «author gig.»

Mark: So, it's Kobo.com/writinglife, or I prefer to send people to Kobowritinglife.com because we do have articles about craft and business of writing at Kobowritinglife on Twitter and you can email Writing Life at Kowriting at Kobowritinglife on Twitter and you can email Writing Life at KoWriting Life at Kobo.com.

Because everyone knows the first week of school is all about re-remembering what you forgot over the summer... (Click on titles to... Continue reading «Back to School Writing Craft Refresher»

Because we want to help bridge the gap between paper writing and studying, we've created AdvancedWriters.com, a service that helps hard - working students craft awesome college papers.

This is by far my favorite book on the craft of writing because the thesis is pretty much foolproof («simplify, simplify, simplify»); the examples are amusing; and the advice successfully guided me through all of my college papers.

We are the second, third, or fourth set of eyes that is better than any friend or neighbor's because our eyes are impartial, because we've invested a great deal of time and effort in learning about the writing craft, and because we've honed our editing skills through painstaking practice.

«Thanks for the review you posted for my book, I really appreciate the critical feedback because I want to become a better writer, and the thoughtful reviews like yours help me improve my craft and fix my writing.

Is it because they spent their lives fine - tuning the craft of writing and studying the dictionary?

Whether because she simply doesn't care or doesn't know enough about writing craft to realize it, I don't know.

I suppose the most difficult to write was Helen, not for reasons of craft, but because my grandmother died while I was writing the book.

I have a very old - school approach to writing because it's the only one I know: read the canon of the field you want to contribute to, acquire the craft of good writing and develop a voice.

But because Atta crafts them so vividly and writes social realism so well, and because she beautifully plumbs emotional and psychological as well as physical and situational details so well, I felt connected to Deola.

The reason I ask is because I'm not only a somewhat slow, deliberate writer (I write genre, but with literary characteristics and a heavy emphasis on craft), but I also have a full - time job and a 10 - month - old boy.

But it also means I have to keep writing and improving my craft and figuring out better ways to market my work because I want to improve my sales.

Authors benefit from a developmental edit because the process not only helps them fix structural issues and develop their content, but also improves their writing craft and grows their storytelling abilities.

Now to get the perfectly written case study has become easy for the students just because of our qualified writers who craft the document as per the requirement.

Because each of us took the same prerequisite courses (Empowering Character Emotions, Deep Editing, and Body Language), we were on the same level in terms of how «Margie - ized» we were in the writing craft, and we spoke the same «Margie language.»

The special kinship between every one of us was already there before we set eyes on one another because of the shared lessons, enthusiasm, and dedication we each had for our writing craft.

This is where writers have an advantage because we're so used to the written word so crafting articles should be easy.

As regular readers know, the Ether rarely highlights craft - of - writing articles, mainly because they're so plentiful in the blogosphere and because — no one's fault — there's so much replication.

I'll continue gobbling up every writing book I can get my hands on because I never feel like I've arrived when it comes to mastering my craft.

Not only will you have a better book because of it, good editing is the best way to learn the writing craft.

I chose to this because I feel I could write - up a whole other article about the crafting system.

In Grantland, Brian Phillips wrote: «Probably no one alive is a better novelist than Jonathan Franzen, and this is frustrating because his novels are awful, excellent but awful, books you read quickly and remember ponderously, books of exhaustive craft and yet a weird, spiraling cluelessness about the data they exhaustively collate.»

Because my focus was on the craft of drafting an opinion primarily for courses on judicial opinion writing, I leaned toward «how - to» resources.

There's no set - in - stone template for crafting your interview note, because each note you write should be unique for each interview.

For instance, you may have a lot of experience in a certain sector, but if you're looking for positions within a different sector because they pay better then you need to learn to emphasize the other sector's skills and experience when you craft a professionally written resume.

Because the craft of resume writing is dynamic and is swiftly changing with the advances in computer technology and applicant tracking / scanning as well as emerging legal issues involving resume fraud.

Because of the time and carefulness required in crafting a good resume, most resume writers will often take a look at such example resume to write and format their resumes to give them the appropriate attention they deserve.

The Bureau said it crafted this temporary provision because it fears lenders will initially be reluctant to write loans that are not QMs, even though the loans are responsibly underwritten.

No idea how it got on my craft table, because it was written years and years ago and well before we even moved to Wisconsin.

I just started a blog because I love writing and crafting and thought it would be fun.