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The rules of punctuation may not seem enjoyable or entertaining, but the Standard Deviants can at least help out in making the rules memorable with a cast of enthusiastic young performers who specialize in lighthearted but academically sound treatments of serious subjects. In The Untamed Worlds of English Punctuation, the troupe dons costumes (such as the uniform of a traffic cop) and hams it up while presenting lessons that begin by answering the basic question "What is punctuation?" The major "end marks" are then covered in a series of lessons that focus on the rules for employing periods, questions marks, and exclamation points. The uses of commas, semicolons, and colons are covered in a similarly lively manner, with useful tips, such as the "Furthermore Rule" to test the suitability of a semicolon. Following each set of lessons is a quiz which the student can take or skip, and the "Exclamation Exam," a comprehensive test covering all the material on the DVD, can be taken at the finish. There's only so much that can be done to make punctuation exciting, but the Standard Deviants do offer a multitude of offbeat examples. And fear not, the material included has all been approved by a serious academic panel. --Robert J. McNamara

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A best-selling authors newest novel is literally driving readers insane. When the author inexplicably vanishes a special investigator hired to track him down crosses the barrier between fact and fiction and enters a terrifying world from which there is no escape. Special features: eng. Subitles & more Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 09/26/2006 Starring: Sam Neill Charlton Heston Run time: 95 minutes Rating: R Director: John Carpenter

Director:  John Carpenter
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Max Von Sydow (The Exorcist The Seventh Seal Pelle the Conqueror) and Dominique Sanda (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis The Conformist) star in this ambitious adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning Herman Hesse's classic novel about the dual nature (the spiritual vs. the physical) of man and his eternal internal struggle to find peace within himself. This exciting version employs animation special effects camera trickery color synthesizers superimpositions and fast and slow motion to convey the complex inner life of the aging tortured writer (Von Sydow) who encounters the beautiful muse and alter-ego (Sanda) on his journey of self.System Requirements:Running Time 107 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: R UPC: 014381325621 Manufacturer No: HVE3256DVD

Director:  Fred Haines
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Company: Homevision  (2006-08-15)
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 In Jon Raymond's nine short stories, titled "Livability," he gives us characters who are leading "lives of quiet desperation," as Henry David Thoreau might have put it. These characters are struggling - financially ... (more...)

Northern Colorado Writers LLC presents a 6-week class in Writing for Children, starting Jan 20. The class is on Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30 PM through Feb 24. Students begin by by generating story ideas, then we'll develop your protagonist and secondary ... (more...)

AM New York had a cover story on December 17th about how New York homes sales were sinking 20%, and possibly even more. These kinds of stories inevitably make my life more difficult, since I work in real estate and have to rebuff clients who see ... (more...)

Person of the Year 2008 Runners-Up People Who Mattered Fond Farewells Person of the Year Videos Pictures of the Year 2008 'Fiction-writing is lonely in a way most people misunderstand. It's yourself you have to be estranged from, really, to work ... (more...)

Tony Maciulis is a CBS News producer based in New York. Don?t call his work ?ripped from the headlines.? Novelist Richard North Patterson may write about some very timely themes, but he is generally ahead of the headlines. His latest novel ... (more...)

Find creative writing advice geared for beginning and experienced creative writers on writing fiction and getting published, including contests, competitions, exercises, and ... (more...)

Fiction writing any kind of writing that is not factual. Fictional writing most often takes the form of a story meant to convey an authors point of view or simply to entertain. (more...)

Writing.Com is the online community for creative writing, fiction writing, story writing, poetry writing, writing contests, writing portfolios, writing help, and writing writers. (more...)

Dakota State University Madison, SD, USA. Creative Writing: Fiction. Writing Tips . Fiction Writers. Fiction writers learn to write by writing. Although writing is an art, there ... (more...)

A fiction-writing mode is a manner of writing with its own set of conventions regarding how, when, and where it should be used. Fiction is a form of narrative, one of the four ... (more...)

I need to write a report and I honestly have no clue what the genre can be...I'm thinking it could be non-fiction? (more...)

i need a book placed in WWI, a good historical fiction book that has about 200-300 pages, i need to write a report by friday, so i need a good one! (more...)

Just to be clear, I don't want anyone to write this for me. Directions: Imagine a character who suddenly gets something he/she thought he/she wanted. Build a flash fiction piece that examines the complications that may result when dreams come true. Any ideas, especially on the thing the character gets? You can put down complications too if you want but I mostly want ideas on something (doesn't have to be materialistic) the character gets. I know I won't get too many responses but thanks in advance to those who do respond. God bless! I talked to my teacher & she said becoming immortal or famous. The only complications I can think of for those are really over used. Any original, or at least less common, ideas for complications for those? (more...)

Just to be clear, I don't want anyone to write this for me. Directions: Imagine a character who suddenly gets something he/she thought he/she wanted. Build a flash fiction piece that examines the complications that may result when dreams come true. Any ideas, especially on the thing the character gets? You can put down complications too if you want but I mostly want ideas on something (doesn't have to be materialistic) the character gets. I know I won't get too many responses but thanks in advance to those who do respond. God bless! I talked to my teacher & she said becoming immortal or famous. The only complications I can think of for those are really over used. Any original, or at least less common, ideas for complications for those? (more...)

In this excerpt from Esmeralda Santiago?s autobiography, When I Was Puerto Rican, a young girl makes an important discovery. Every day after school I went to the library and took out as many children?s books as I was allowed. I figured that if American children learned English through books, so could I, even if I was starting later. By my fourth month in Brooklyn, I could read and write English much better than I could speak it, and at midterms I stunned the teachers by scoring high in English, History, and Social Studies. During the January assembly, Mr. Grant announced the names of kids who had received high marks in each class. My name was called out three times. I became a different person to the other eighth graders. I was still in 8-23, but they knew, and I knew, that I didn?t belong there. 1. Which of the following lines describes a moment of discovery? Every day after school I went to the library and took out as many children?s books as I was allowed I was still in 8-23, but they knew, and I knew, that I didn?t belong there. I could read and write English 2. The author says that after her name was called three times, she became a different person to the other eighth graders. Why do you think this is so? They were jealous of her high grades. Until her name was announced, they hadn?t realized how well she read and wrote English. She made a point of letting everyone know how high her scores were. She wanted to be associated only with other students who got high marks. 3. What can you learn about the author from this selection? She prefers reading fiction to nonfiction. The work at her school in Brooklyn was easier than the work at her old school. She wanted to learn English. She had a difficult time in her physical education classes. (more...)