Fiction writing

Jack London, born on January 12, 1876, had a deep passion for writing. He was not only an American novelist, journalist, and social activist, but he was also one of the first writers to be acknowledged by a large population due to his great skills in writing fiction. One of his famous statements is, “The proper function of man is to live, not exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” London is trying to express how he believes that people should be going out…

William Faulkner Biography William Faulkner was an American author and a Nobel Prize winner. He was born in New Albany, Mississippi on September 25, 1987 and died on July 6, 1962 at 64 years old. Faulkner spent most of his life in Mississippi, but he traveled to many different places. “Faulkner’s father, Murry, drank heavily and presided over the family in a tyrannical fashion, imposing silence at the dinner table and unexpectedly skipping town for days at a time. Murry's behavior took its…

Our English semester is filled with diversity and interesting books. From Nonfiction to fiction and everything in between. Our Book was amazing with a great plot and twist and turns at every corner. The Story is about a Giant Narwhal that has been going on a rampage and the United States government sends professor Pierre Arron and the French marine biologist just happened to be nearby so he received a last minute invitation to join to study, hunt, and kill the beast but further down the story a…

Informational Text Literature, written works that capture the reader’s mind with plots, characters, and much more that widen the imagination. Than one has informational text, a type of nonfiction writing that conveys information about something, which means it is factual. Two pieces of writing that both share the same topic but are shown in the way of literature and informational text are, the literary piece The Drummer Boy Of Shiloh written by Ray Bradbury and the informational text How…

assignment. The writing prompts states “setting is an important component of any story”. Instructor Guidance wk.1, ENG 125. (2015) 2. What interests you most about this prompt and why? (Use the space below to complete this section. Your response must be 100 to 150 words.) This prompt is interesting to me for several reasons. For one, I see how an author can take a setting like the wartime or zone; describe it with such precision, detail, and…

Contemporary Fiction America has been around for two hundred and thirty nine years and throughout these years we have seen much change in our nation especially after our wars. The postwar period brought much change to America, mainly focusing on the literature that followed after. After the wars, Americans did not know what to do. We were a unsettled nation wanting answers, but we never lost our spirit. In the writings of contemporary fiction, we have writers who are showing these in their…

The earliest writing that we know of today dates back to 5,000 B.C. by the Mesopotamians. Since then, writing have developed from a way to communicate and teach people to telling intricate, heart wrenching stories that have people turning the pages of their books for hours on end, but Ruth Graham's article “Against YA,” in which she argues against young adult novels, is different. Ruth claims that reading is taking a dark turn, for the worst, the rise of young adult novels among adults is her…

Playwright Tennessee Williams was been on March 26, 1911, in Columbus, Mississippi. After college, he moved to New Orleans, a city that would inspire much of his writings. Williams was predominantly raised by his mother and had a complicated relationship with his father a demanding salesman who preferred work instead of parenting. Williams’s childhood home was very tense which in turn gave him inspiration for his works. “I was not aware of how much vital energy had gone into struggle until the…

Literature can be defined as written texts with artistic value, including the traditional literary genres of poems, fiction and drama. Literature is understood in many ways. It is a body of written and oral works, such as novels, poetry and drama that use words to stimulate the imagination and confront the reader with a unique vision of life. The underlying assumption here is that a work of literature is a creative, universal form of expression that addresses the emotional, spiritual, or…

i am going to writing is Truman Capote. Truman capote was a great author known for the most famous and controversial figures in contemporary American literature. He invented a new kind of book called the nonfiction novel. This literary form combined factual reporting with the imaginary possibilities of storytelling. Capote writing ability and his wild personality captured the interest of all people all over the world. Because of his style and themes, reviewers of his early fiction categorized…