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Aug 22, 2015 · It is advice on how to break free of cliche approaches to painting, but it applies almost just as well to writing. The first step to vividly describing a place, person, or thing is to imagine it in your mind’s eye. Alternately, if it actually exists you may prefer to look at it or a photograph directly. Either way, you’ll start with some ...
Nov 6, 2023 · Description of Science Fiction. Science fiction is a literary and multimedia genre that explores imaginative, futuristic, and often speculative concepts in science, technology, and society. By weaving together creativity and rational thinking, it allows for the exploration of alternative realities, advanced technologies, extraterrestrial life ...
Oct 15, 2013 · The opening sentence of a science fiction novel, perhaps more than any other genre, has a lot of work to do. Like all good fiction, it needs to hook you, jolt you into the story and establish the tone. Yet it also needs to get you interested in a whole new alternative world, a place where you'll live for the duration of the book. It's a big ask. Nonetheless, there are some masterly examples of ...
May 29, 2018 · Cooper, James Fenimore. Born September 15, 1789. Burlington, New Jersey. Died September 14, 1851. Cooperstown, New York. Writer. James Fenimore Cooper introduced the themes of the frontier, white/Indian conflict, and America's westward expansion as proper subjects for literary works. Perhaps even more importantly, he began to shape the romantic ...
In Literary Journalism, editors Norman Sims and Mark Kramer have collected the finest examples of literary journalism from both the masters of the genre who have been working for decades and the new voices freshly arrived on the national scene. The fifteen essays gathered here. -- John McPhee's account of the battle between army engineers and ...
Oct 15, 2013 · The opening sentence of a science fiction novel, perhaps more than any other genre, has a lot of work to do. Like all good fiction, it needs to hook you, jolt you into the story and establish the tone. Yet it also needs to get you interested in a whole new alternative world, a place where you'll live for the duration of the book. It's a big ask. Nonetheless, there are some masterly examples of ...
Hit me first, actually.”. “Good for her.”. “Sucker punched me.”. “Ouch.”. Bad dialogue is often longwinded dialogue. This runs quicker than an auctioneer — the reader is begged to fly down the page. It’s quippy and witty and makes light of violence in a way that manages to be humorous. 4. Switch the Topic.
