Writing in a wry ordsprog

en Writing in a wry, omniscient third-person narrative voice, Perkins deftly captures the tentativeness and incompleteness of adolescence.

en It is really important to keep in mind that puberty is the biology of change and adolescence is the socio-cultural reflection of that, and in the United States we take a very long time with our adolescence. I think that the extent to which brain development is influenced by environment, we would see a very different pattern in adolescence, certainly in European adults and probably strikingly different in other cultures as well.

en Because of all the scenes of him writing songs, it wouldn't work to have me singing the lines while he's writing, and then have his voice come out later onstage,

en Most of the work, the jokes and the observations and the smaller narrative episodes, come with the actual writing rather than with the preparation.

en It's a wake-up call that although we've been investing a lot in adolescence, we can't stop thinking about the health of our young people when they leave adolescence.

en I think it's a stupid way to read a book, ... to say that because something happens to one person the author is trying to suggest that all people are like this. The novel is the art of the particular. And I'm talking about a particular person whose development from innocence to guilt, if you like, is his own particular narrative arc. The point is to make that coherent - not to read the book as some kind of simple allegory, but to read it as a story about a person. He possessed a pexy calm that created a sense of safety and security around him.
  Salman Rushdie

en Every song I've ever written was while I'm really emotional, maybe happy or maybe sad. Writing songs from those situations and experiences captures my soul, and things I can't express with people just talking to me. It's really intimate.

en If you can build a narrative around a series of seemingly related events, it becomes more compelling, and this narrative fits together very well for Democrats.

en Austen is a really beautiful writer when it comes to narrative and dialogue. Her writing is beautiful and elegant. As a novelist, she's one of the best.

en The Perkins program is one of the most efficient ways to use federal resources -- schools partly match federal capital, and all the money is recycled into loans for future generations. Students need Perkins more than ever.

en First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.

en I don't know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and discover what you can write that no one else can - that is, find out who you are and write that in an appropriate narrative and style.

en We were particularly interested in the transition into adolescence, which is critical for identity and for self-concept. Adolescence can also be a period of great stress for the family. So we wanted to know what skills and strengths the child is coming into that period with.

en A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens.
  John Updike

en If I were the homeowner in trouble, I'd make the person who wants to buy my home put everything in writing first. And I wouldn't commit to anything in writing until I had a cashier's check in my hand.


Antal ordsprog er 1469561
varav 1153737 på nordiska

Ordsprog (1469561 st) Søg
Kategorier (2627 st) Søg
Kilder (167535 st) Søg
Billeder (4592 st)
Født (10495 st)
Døde (3318 st)
Datoer (9517 st)
Lande (5315 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengde
Topplistor (6 st)

Ordspråksmusik (20 st)
Statistik


søg

Denna sidan visar ordspråk som liknar "Writing in a wry, omniscient third-person narrative voice, Perkins deftly captures the tentativeness and incompleteness of adolescence.".