Sentences with phrase «story hold our attention»

His chemistry with Eckert gives what could be yet another boxing story hold our attention, even without the usual romance.

As with any animated film, success can only be had when both the look and the story hold our attention.

Not exact matches

«Journalists are attracted to the new, the unusual, the sensational — the type of story material that will catch and hold an audience's attention,» the study says.

He'd been inspired by the story of Iqbal, a Pakistani child labourer who escaped a carpet factory where he'd been held prisoner and then gained worldwide attention by speaking out for children's rights.

However, beneath the surface, away from international attention, there is a different story about Barcelona that holds significant lessons for cities and regions around the world.

For instance, preachers have long known that stories have unusual power to hold listener - attention and to move listeners deeply.

The Ani - Mates definitely holds my children's attention and sit and listen to the Bible stories and songs.

Being a busy mum of two, I really crave the escapism from real life that a book can offer but I have been struggling to find a story that was able to hold my attention.

Rey's drawings are colorful enough to hold the attention of young babies while the amusing story is interesting even to adults.

If your little one doesn't want to hold a book, this might be another way to occupy his attention while you change a diaper — you tell a story or help him make one up of his own.

It reads, «Our attention has been drawn to speculative media stories linking former Minister of Finance, Dr Okonjo - Iweala with the next presidential election scheduled to hold in 2019.

If the story you've been working on is ready on Sunday afternoon, you'd be mad not to hold it back until Monday morning if you can, because it'll get more attention.

I love Pete the Cat books b / c they are short enough to hold her attention and always have a nice lesson in the story as well.»

The moment I saw TOD»S Italian Story for UK Vogue's advertisement, a headless model wearing a bright yellow dress underneath black leather jacket, holding a black leather handbag and elevated by black leather pumps, grabbed my attention.

the story is ok but its nothing that really held my attention much.

The stories are intricate enough to hold attention, but not too intricate.

The story seems a little silly (no doubt that's not what Hardy intended) but the brisk pace holds our attention and the film is captivating visually.

Fortunately the slick filmmaking and charismatic acting hold our attention, adding a hint of sophistication to the bluntly brutal story.

The story was a pleasure to experience again and it didn't fail to hold my attention at all throughout my time with the game.

With a lively tone and an intricately plotted multi-strand story, this Japanese drama holds our attention using humour, drama and an end - of - the - world scenario.

The Battlefield series is well known for its attention to detail when it comes to accurate shooter games online, but as is the case for some time, the single player story has not held up for those who do not like playing online.

Despite substandard animation, this brightly coloured sequel has a strong enough sense of both its story and characters to hold the audience's attention.

And it's her amazing story and magnetic personality that holds the attention, rather than...

With the humor and sidebars so underwhelming, all that's left to hold your attention is the transparent central love story which makes you wait 90 minutes for a happily - ever - after ending you saw coming practically from the opening credits.

The story soon lapses into familiar private - eye formulas, though, and the characters aren't interesting enough to hold much attention on their own.

Despite a lead character and story that are bizarre in different ways, the film manages to hold your attention and impress you with some powerful moments.

Yet writer / director John Carney masterfully captured and held my attention with this crowd - pleasing story that leans heavily on the tunes from that era.

But while there are some hilarious verbal and visual gags peppered throughout this movie, it all hinges on a script that's painfully obvious and animation that simply isn't inventive enough to hold the attention without a decent story and stronger characters.

Instead, as directed by Francis Lawrence from a script by Justin Haythe, «Red Sparrow» defaults to stodgy when its story isn't dishing out the book's explicit sex and violence (including attempted rape), with lines and scenes that feel flat and obligatory alternating with ones that have no trouble holding our attention.

The story in Reparation does not always mesh together logically and sometimes seems internally contradictory, but it is interesting and mysterious enough to hold the viewer's attention.

Wells» classic story has been done before, and almost all of the themes have been done countless times in other films, that there's really little to hold the attention of most viewers.

It's hard to imagine that screenwriter Alan Yuen's overly complicated story could hold the attention of kids.

In theory, the story with Tripp and Paula is supposed to hold our attention and remain at the forefront, but unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective) this isn't the case.

Time for one more story, which held their attention despite the late hour.

We know that if we can immerse learners in a story or an environment, then we're likely to hold their attention and keep them thinking about their experience long after.

Rodriguez says Reading Assistant's stories are fun and hold the attention of what she calls today's «multisensory» students.

Inculcate stories to hold on the employees» attention.

The gripping stories of those individuals hold the attention of students and motivate them to look for others who share the same sense of responsibility for their community, even encouraging them to take on service projects themselves.

We are looking for stories that hold a reader's attention until the very last sentence.

Meldrum's style and story capture the reader's attention and easily hold it to the end.

Continue to hold their attention with a story or question (stories or personal anecdotes always work best!)

And I don't think the story would have held my attention as closely had it not been illustrated.

The author was very creative in the way he presented his story and really held my attention on a coast - to - coast flight last week where I read the entire book.

Crammed with sidebars, footnotes, maps, detailed diagrams, signs, songs and genealogical charts, T.S. Spivet is an explosion of creativity, a book so bizarre that it might hold your attention even without the complex coming - of - age story at its...

Readers will often look past substantive issues and finish the book, but they won't pick up another book by that author, and they will leave negative comments, such as, «Some parts were confusing» (a problem with consistency), «The writing was choppy» (a problem with flow within and between paragraphs), «It wasn't well written» (a problem with awkward sentences and possibly other various issues), «I wasn't sure who was saying what» or «The dialogue wasn't that great,» and «It didn't really hold my attention» or «The story was boring» (a problem with telling instead of showing).

A lot of authors focus too much on fancy sentences but can't write a well paced story that holds attention.

Of course, it's also no surprise to me that some self - published authors think this way, too, they are the ones who are now complaining that they are going to have to hold a reader's attention all the way through a story to get their full due or adjust how they were gaming the system (no longer can they chop up existing stories — ruining the experience of the reader — instead of writing good stories appropriate to the desired length).

At this point, all that is important is if the story is there, if it holds the reader's attention, if it leaves the reader wanting more from the author, and if the reader connects with the plot / characters.

- City of Books Reviews «A complete treasure with a breathtaking story which held my attention from the word go and kept me a willing captive from beginning to end.»

I teach and practice that a first draft tells you what the story is; the following drafts are for finding a way to tell the story in the most dramatic way possible to hold readers» attention.