Sentences with phrase «entertain readers time»

You may not love their writing styles, but Patterson, James, and Brown entertain readers time and time again.

Not exact matches

You might think it will convince a casual reader to invest their time in your article if you can persuade them that M & S are a mandatory part of contemporary cultural literacy, but really, the most relevant question in a reader's mind is not whether the topic is important but whether it is entertaining or enlightening, and whether you have anything entertaining or enlightening to say about it.

December can be a tricky month for us bloggers because on one hand we want to take a much deserved digital detox but at the same time, we want to feature fun and inspiring Christmas - themed posts to entertain our readers and keep our traffic up.

It is well - written and entertaining while at the same time leading her readers towards the uniform dating service cited at the end of the piece.

If a potential reader is entertained enough to watch a full ninety second cinematic book trailer (always remember that on the web, shorter is better), that's a full ninety seconds that they've lingered on your title, and the next time they hear about your book, you can be sure that they'll remember the your name.

With so many industry experts warning authors that they have to give their audiences compelling content that will keep them reading, it only seems logical that readers want to invest their time and attention — not just their money — in a book that will draw them in and remain entertaining.

They don't get that the trend of yesterday isn't the trend of today and that readers want a well - written and entertaining story, not the same rehash that's been done dozens, if not scores, of times before.

Nearly 25 years ago, Grisham's debut legal thriller, A Time to Kill, introduced readers to a fearless, entertaining storyteller.

Historical mysteries work double - duty, entertaining readers with whodunit twists while transporting them to another time.

A sprawling story of government officials, academic experts and, eventually, actual witches banding together to alter the present by time traveling into the past, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. is so deliciously entertaining that the reader is instantly swept up into its sense of adventure, no matter how outlandish the plot may seem.

Developmental edits can be time - consuming because the editor is reading your manuscript not only from a typical «editor's» standpoint (fixing grammatical errors), but as a «reader» who is determining whether it is an entertaining book that achieves what it set out to achieve (this will depend on the genre; for example, romance novels want to entice readers with sensual characters and chemistry, while a murder mystery's goal is to instill fear and intrigue in the reader's mind).

Successful writers I know — whether they're published commercially or self - published — need to write and rewrite their books many times, usually with the support of a developmental editor, not someone who does spelling and punctuation but a creative partner who is able to identify and solve problems with the story, structure, characterization, dialogue, visual description, literary style, pacing, the narrative arc — with a first, second, and third act that engages the reader and reaches some kind of epiphany or denouement that entertains, illuminates and provides emotional satisfaction for the reader.

It's an understandable struggle, especially in this current time of technology and the ever - present ability and desire of your readers to find out what you're doing, when you're doing it, and essentially hoping you'll be an interesting figure they can engage with and be entertained by.

I wrote this draft on Wattpad, posting each chapter as I wrote (nerve - racking, but motivating) and for the first time I've had the experience of readers reading the work — not producers, not managers, not anyone with a commercial outlook — just readers looking to be entertained.

Long - time readers with great memories may recall an entertaining opinion written in right after Booker by US District Judge Richard Kopf.