Sentences with phrase «turning point in a story»

In fact, the ominous turning point in the story of Israel's experience with war came when its elders asked the prophet Samuel to provide a king like that of other nations.

But we must remember that this election isn't the turning point in our story.

From Stone's point of view, the importance of the Kindle — especially after the February 2009 release of the Kindle2 — is that it represents a turning point in the story of Amazon.

Are you able to define the purpose of each major turning point in a story?

In the next lesson, I'm going to show you how to diagram all the important turning points in your story and structure your idea inside the 3 - Act Paradigm or what needs to be in the Beginning, what to do with the Middle (a lot of writers get bogged down here and I will show you how to stay out of the mud) and how to wrap it all up with a satisfying End.

We are at the critical turning point in our story by this fifth step.

Not exact matches

Yet what some moguls might seem as liabilities DuVernay turned into strengths, using her indie training to maximize her resources, telling a black story from a black point of view, making sure that women's contributions were acknowledged and writing into the script her own passionate pleas for equality (albeit in the King style).

In a widely shared story in The New Yorker, Adam Davidson argued that Trump's presidency has reached a turning point toward a broad consensus that the president has been a disaster for the United StateIn a widely shared story in The New Yorker, Adam Davidson argued that Trump's presidency has reached a turning point toward a broad consensus that the president has been a disaster for the United Statein The New Yorker, Adam Davidson argued that Trump's presidency has reached a turning point toward a broad consensus that the president has been a disaster for the United States.

This is the story of the Battle of Lepanto, which marked the end of the Crusades and was a turning point in the history of Christianity.

I wish for you a turning point where you will see, feel and understand His hand in your story.

There are other scholars who defend the substantial historicity of the tomb pericope, and since we must reckon with this possibility, we now turn from the literary form of the story to its content to see in what way the latter may point to historical reliability rather than to legend.

Since a history of Faith Church had just been finished a few months before he arrived, Landry invited the committee to begin its work with a study of this history; the story of the church's founding, its significant experiences in the past, critical turning points, its line of important personages.

During the run - up to the papal visit, we all got pretty well inured (if we weren't already) to the way in which the secular Press will take a Catholic news item, sometimes quite small in itself, and then turn it into a major news story which entirely misses the point.

My point is that rather than look for the most correctly indoctrinated, we shld appreciate the heart that is correctly turned toward the good, regardless of the doctrines they may confess.We don't know the doctrines of the Roman Centurion or if he even had any, but the story suggests his heart and will were in the right place.I don't read that Jesus took credit for it.Don't let the Pauline «sub-narrative» blind you to the «grand narrative.»

The unfolding story of this year's Harvard - Westlake girls basketball team has more twists and turns than a Shakespearean play, but in reality the facts about the Wolverines» season up to this point makes a very strong case for it to be a tale of its own.

A lot of Arsenal fans did not expect us to get anything from today's away game against the Premier League leaders Man City, and that is how it turned out with De Bruyne, Aguero and Gabriel Jesus scoring to make it a comfortable 3 - 1 scoreline in the end, but that did not tell the whole story by any means and Arsene Wenger will surely point to a couple of key decisions that went the home side's way at crucial points of the game.

Listen as they talk about her story of breaking free from chronic dieting and disordered eating, how becoming a mom was a turning point for her, how to keep things simple in the kitchen, and her favorite tips to get tons of nutrition.

As it turns out, though, my clever technique is used by many of the conference attendees, and Jenny Rosenstrach of Dinner: A Love Story even recommended it in her Power Point!

His most recent, No Regrets Parenting — Turning Long Days and Short Years into Cherished Moments with Your Kids (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2012), was the featured cover story in Parents magazine (March, 2012); editor - in - chief Dana Points wrote, «Dr. Rotbart's book turned my head around.»

After three months of telling your stories, some say this could be the turning point of a humanitarian crisis impacting 400,000 people in public housing.

He added that this is a «turning point in our nation's story,» while saying «doommongers» who say this will be bad for Britain will be proven wrong.

At every point in the story when things could take a goofy or soapy turn, the film opts instead for an honest laugh or a gentle sadness — it's a subtle approach that really works.

(I did turn off exp share and avoid overleveling, and my team got wiped at many points in the story which never happened previously)

The film involves linking and overlapping stories that explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people's lives.

Their stories sometimes converge, sometimes deviate and the movie — in a well - worn gimmick — playfully pauses at various points with characters turning to the camera to relay their perspective.

In the documentary Stories We Tell, Canadian actress - turned - director Sarah Polley points her camera at the people in her life to get the skinny on her late mother, DianIn the documentary Stories We Tell, Canadian actress - turned - director Sarah Polley points her camera at the people in her life to get the skinny on her late mother, Dianin her life to get the skinny on her late mother, Diane.

The fucking story in the trailer is the same as in the movie, and what's the point of seeing the movie then, when we know how the movie will turn out to be storywise?

While «Three Billboards» marks a turning point in McDonagh's gender focus as a filmmaker, he's quick to point out that his playwriting credits tell a different story.

What's surprising is that this cliche - filled narrative takes a turn at a certain point and begins to barrel towards much more exciting and immediately engaging events — but like what feels like everything in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 it takes a while to get to that point even if you ignore side quests and attack the main story specifically.

Per THR, «All of the stories in The Turning revolve around turning points in the lives of the people of the Australian coastal town of ATurning revolve around turning points in the lives of the people of the Australian coastal town of Aturning points in the lives of the people of the Australian coastal town of Angelus.

Overlapping stories explore the turning points of ordinary people's lives in a portrait of a small coastal community.

But thankfully touch controls are used sparingly in the main story mode and never turn into a point of frustration.

While Bracey is counting on «Point Break» to give him his big break, he's also excited about his upcoming turn in Mel Gibson «s «Hacksaw Ridge,» which chronicles the extraordinary true story of conscientious objector Desmond Doss, played by Andrew Garfield.

This is what happens in The Turning Point, the story of two former dancers -LRB-...

But there is a certain point in the third act when the film takes a turn that seems to betray the story it had been telling so far.

Each chapter is a self - contained story, but there is some overlap, as they focus on «the extraordinary turning points in seemingly disparate but connected people's lives.»

Inception is so mournful and sad, in fact, that at some point you forget about the plot twists and turns and find yourself caught up in this sad love story.

While the story of the successful man hitting his low point and having to turn his life around isn't original, the film is able to avoid cliche by making some interesting choices in how those themes are explored, which help them feel a little more unique.

Some of the developments feel a bit predictable — shot in the dull hues of gray that match Maud's life, Suffragette occasionally turns hard truths into platitudes — but the story is inspiring, buoyed by a fine cast, a pointed, important examination of the price paid for a shot at equality.

The story is of a group of people with all different skill sets coming together, it's set in a very agrarian pseudo-futuristic middle ages timeline, you spend a lot of time talking to people in towns, all travel is basically on foot between points A and B, and the battle system is very basic and turn - based, with a passive style.

Even worse, there's no clear turning point in Jerry's story; the film feels like it's missing a scene where he realizes his mistake and decides to turn his life around.

Simplifying the story to that relationship and building the rest of the film around that would be a major turning point in the film's production path.

Gradually, the pictures, mainly portraits, take on more and more touches of color; at the turning point of the story, when Masako leaves her parents» home for the city of Osaka, the bright red of her dress practically jumps off the page as staid passersby in brown and gray traditional clothing look at her in shock.

He is the author of No Homework and Recess All Day: How to Have Freedom and Democracy in Education (AERO, 2003) and is editor of Turning Points: 35 Visionaries in Education Tell Their Own Story (AERO, 2010).

If Land Rover can convince shoppers in a market rife with crossovers that it can produce a small, luxurious, and efficient Range Rover, with the capability to go off - road, the Evoque will be regarded as a turning point for the brand, and a success story for its new owner.

The fourth volume in Pelzer's memoirs charts the crucial turning point in his life, from high school to a world beyond the four walls that were his prison for so many years - continuing the story that began with «A Child Called «It»»

Somehow, in fact, publishers managed to take the fact that they are losing market share and somehow turned that into a sunny business success story (a point Fortune has also made).

The edit in her fast - turn story is a little rough on this point, but he's saying that they want to see «the Kindle experience» — regardless of device — put onto «Goodreads as close to their (the readers») fingertips as possible.»

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(Note that Camy mentions using the Black Moment for the Disaster, but many sources say to limit pitches to the first third or so of a story, so this might instead be the first turning point in the plot.)