Sentences with phrase «compelling stories work»

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The scale of their work could have an impact, and as a group, they certainly know how to tell a compelling story.

I mean, you have a pretty compelling and somewhat unique personal story of working on wall street and then walking away at a young age.

I love Sue Monk Kidd's work and style — I think it's that strain of the mystic to her work that I love or perhaps how she can write such complex women so well — but this one was an interesting story, compelling characters, and filled with empowerment and passion.

Exciting — to watch producers, screenwriter, director and others take the little stories scattered throughout my life and knit them into a beautiful, compelling, award - winning work of art.

In fantasy the story, often a powerful tale, is compelling upon the reader, but it is also impelling in the work, providing action, encounter, desperation and resolution.

«America's beverage companies have a compelling leadership story to tell, from addressing challenging issues facing society to working to build stronger communities, and I look forward to telling this story to lawmakers and others across the country.»

Morey said Throne - Holst may have a slight advantage at this point, given her higher name identification from her multiple runs for elected office and her compelling personal story as a single working mother with children in college that will resonate with primary voters.

In addition, city hall lawyer Shannon O'Connor, who also works on Promise PAC, contacted Jacobs» aide, Steve Glass, to share the «compelling stories» of several local candidates, Miner said.

The political class Adam [Afriyie] has got a very compelling story in many ways, he's self - made, was brought up on a council estate in Peckham, a guy of colour, very successful businessman and in many ways... If you look at David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, George Osborne, Ed Balls, they're all people who have essentially spent their entire working life in politics, almost all of them have been PPE or equivalent graduates from Oxford or Cambridge.

Bruna Rondinelli, who tells a compelling story of her immigrant roots and how she had to work three jobs and then put herself through college when her husband died shortly after they came to the US in 1972, was the Gardiner GOP's other Town Board nominee.

Inside The Great Pain Deception Steve tells his compelling story of a 30 - year battle with pain and ultimate healing after discovering Dr. Sarno's work.

Throughout the competition, and after the winner, Shelby, was crowned in September, each of the Sugar Babies worked to shatter Sugar stereotypes, advocate for the Sugar lifestyle and share their compelling stories of the Sugar world.

For the story of doomed love to work, there has to be a compelling reason why the couple can't be together.

Unfortunately the story, a relatively disconnected series of incidents none of which are particularly compelling, works only in brief spurts.

What could be a relentlessly grim procedural (again, «The Killing») is instead a compelling drama that works (so far, at least) on a number of levels: as a mystery, as an idiosyncratic buddy story, and as a textured sociopolitical treatise.

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Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot.

, beautiful stunt work, wonderful performances from the cast and a story that may not be as emotionally compelling, still has the ability to feel logical (in this world of absurdity) and unquestionably entertaining.

A compelling story about an unraveling marriage, the complexities of contemporary Iran, and the damage wrought by divorce, writer - director Asghar Farhadi's A Separation is a stunning film that is equally intimate, moving, and free of affectation.

And that's a shame, because the only outright drama that Miller made is as deft and compelling as his genre work, a tear - jerking true story about two parents giving up everything to find a cure for their son's disease.

It became what it is, a compelling piece of work that captures the essence required for the sake of this story.

This intimate portrait of a broken, yet lovable family gives viewers a quirky story, fascinating characters and compelling performances, but the hands - on camera work and the almost claustrophobic framing upends most of the film's emotional appeal.

We can still get behind the idea of Damon and Renner working together in Bourne 5, but the story would have to be all the more compelling following Bourne Legacy (which felt like an extraneous and unnecessary addition to the series).

In a World works because it is not just silly nonsense like many of this summer's comedies, but a compelling father daughter story set in the goofy, yet interesting, niche world of Hollywood voiceover artists.

For those that are, there's some terrific performances and great locale work to recommend the film as a whole, with a story that is compelling if you're patient.

He has to drag out some of the predictable character conflicts to keep things moving along, but in the end the story with which he's working is simply not that compelling.

It's a compelling story, and Miller's work on «Moneyball» last year was severely underrated so we have high hopes for this.

In the Society's most prestigious category, the Buried Treasure, the nominees are: DAVE MADE A MAZE, a unique adventure film about a frustrated artist and his creation; the compelling documentary THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON, about an icon of the queer and trans movements; Dee Rees» MUDBOUND, a story of 2 families working the same land in 40s Mississippi; PATTI CAKE$, whose eponymous white lead dreams of being a rapper; the latest from the Dardennes brothers, psychological drama THE UNKNOWN GIRL; and WINDOW HORSES, an animiated film based on a graphic novel written by its Asian - Canadian director.

His love of cinema is evident in his work and he is very talented in his ability to tell a compelling story.

Based on This American Life's segment entitled «Heretics» that focused on Pearson and the controversial decision to tell his flock that Hell doesn't exist, director Joshua Marston (who made an impressive first film in 2004 with Maria Full of Grace but has largely worked in television since) and screenwriter Marcus Hinchey struggle to give the compelling true story of Pearson some much - needed dramatic mojo.

The film is based around the compelling true story of John and Brenda Fareri who after the unexpected death of their daughter, work to build a state - of - the - art children's hospital where families are welcomed into the healing process.

Meyer and Hibbett will work with new and established filmmakers to produce smart, compelling and entertaining material, and simultaneously discover new literary talent and help bring their stories to life on screen.

To be successful here, students need an eye for compelling content, as well as an understanding of the ways that various digital media can work together to tell a story.

That's not because they realise how rare their service is — it's because it takes more work to create eLearning that performs the dual task of delivering the learning objective and telling a compelling story.

Through the compelling stories of four teachers, she reveals how teacher educators can help new teachers articulate, develop, and sustain their visions and assist them as they navigate the gap between their visions and their daily work.

Our kids must be able to think analytically through incomparable volumes of information, to imagine, to work effectively with others, to find their voice in a sea of noise, to tell a compelling story, and to ask incisive questions to name just a few.

Accessible language and compelling K12 stories illustrate how RTI is most effective when built on the Professional Learning Communities at Work process.

In all genres, she's looking for a compelling story, fresh voice and emotional heart — a work that grabs you from the first page.

Following her debut work, Ellie in Summer Clothes, in the Japanese magazine Bessatsu Hana to Yume, she went on to write a compelling series of short stories: Cruel Fairy Tales, Screw, and Gravel Kingdom.

I designed this workshop to teach people how to organize their life experiences into a compelling story, help them improve their writing, and put all their ideas into a working plan for writing a memoir.

So the model works — assuming, as with everything, you tell a story folks want to read, in a compelling manner.

Set in modern - day India, The Space Between Us is the story of two compelling and achingly real women: Sera Dubash, an upper - middle - class Parsi housewife and Bhima, a stoic illiterate who has worked in the Dubash household for more than twenty years.

Set in modern - day India, it is the story of two compelling and achingly real women: Sera Dubash, an upper - middle - class Parsi housewife whose opulent surroundings hide the shame and disappointment of her abusive marriage, and Bhima, a stoic illiterate hardened by a life of despair and loss, who has worked in the Dubash household for more than twenty years.

She cut her teeth in New York working at esteemed literary agencies such as Writers House and Harold Ober Associates, where she developed an eye for compelling, emotionally resonant stories, honed her editorial skills, and soon grew adept at contract vetting and negotiation.

Simon Garfield is the author or editor of 17 works of nonfiction, united in content solely by the love of a compelling story.

The chapters fly by - a compelling story, well - drawn characters, believable dialogue, fantastic sense of place — all work seamlessly together to make one of the most enjoyable books in a long, long time.

I often think of it as a kind of desperation - one that is probably known by a lot of working writers — an urge to do something different, to make something from nothing: a compelling story, unforgettable characters, a message, maybe.

This partnership with Magic Leap ensures the vision of the creators of some of the most compelling brands and interesting stories have a solid platform to work from.»

Novels - in - verse must work double duty: The story must be compelling and the verse accessible and worthy of the story.

Like Lanagan's 2006 Printz Honor Book Black Juice (2006), this compelling, often startling collection of sf / fantasy stories mesh the familiar and the bizarre, with tales that (among others) imagine a futuristic work - study assignment and a society in which pent - up emotions link to obesity.