Sentences with phrase «write great endings»

Well - known writers such as Jerry Spinelli offer tips on how to keep moving forward or how to write great endings.

Writing a great ending for your book is just as important as a dynamite opening that rivets our attention and compels us to keep turning those pages.

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He also wrote that his fellow libertarians were on a «fool's errand» trying to achieve their ends through political means: «In our time, the great task for libertarians is to find an escape from politics in all its forms — from the totalitarian and fundamentalist catastrophes to the unthinking demos that guides so - called «social democracy.»»

Actually, people in studies who showed «more rapid and greater initial weight loss» also have «lower body weight at the end of long - term follow - up,» the researchers write.

The problem with writing too many sales proposals is that proposal writing and rewriting can be counterproductive, especially if too many of your proposals are ending up in the great sales «purgatory» where business leads get stalled between «no» and» yes.»

Make no mistake, Norman Mailer's latest is neither a great retelling of the gospel nor Mailer anywhere near the peaks that he reached with his political writing that culminated in the compulsively readable account of the 1967 march on the Pentagon, The Armies of the Night, or even Executioner's Song, his story of the ending of the Supreme Court's ban on the death penalty with the 1977 execution of Gary Gilmore.

Written toward the end of a long career dedicated to the study of religion» his The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions has been a staple on college syllabi since it first appeared in 1958» this book has a definite valedictory feel.

«What knowledge could be of greater importance to the men of our age, and to the various communities of our time,» wrote Buber in 1947, than that «the use of unrighteousness as a means to a righteous end makes the end itself unrighteous?»

It is also written that there will be a great movement towards the truth of Christ in the end days.

Those who shudder at inscriptions on monuments or passages in history books which refer simply to «the Great War» or «the World War» — written as though what we call World War I would indeed prove to be «the war to end war» — will feel saddened to read her portentous observation that «we have no guarantee that it will not recur.»

Toward the end, he writes: «The lesson of wisdom is, be not dismayed by soul - trouble... Cast not away your confidence, for it hath great recompense of reward.

As for his «arrogance» and «bombast» I will end by quoting an article written (before his sentence was handed down) in the Canadian paper The Gazette, by L.Ian MacDonald, a former employee of this outstanding newspaperman, who was a proprietor who, for all his great power, always (as I can testify) supported his editors - and where they needed him, his journalists - through thick and thin:

I wrote this song some time ago to commemorate what for me was the end of a great illusion, or at least I hope most of it, in the efficacy of hype in our church life.

Over the course of his writing life, Augustine combined a number of elements from his fragmented culture — Neoplatonic philosophy, Roman civic morality, the heritage of the great Roman poets, Manichaeism — with his dominant but open - ended Christian faith, into a new synthesis.

This kind of watered down Judaism has put us on the edge of an Iran with a bomb, Obama in office and an Israel at risk.Religion is not about compromise that is a bumper sticker far too many have bought into.When the next great history of the Jewish people is written, they will write we did it to ourselves - trying to be oh so tolerant we put ourselves in a state where we ended up being unrecognizable to those who paid so much for us to lamely claim to be Jews in a primarily anti-semitic world pushing us to compromise.

I actually started off writing a different book and wrote most of that book and toward the end of it I called a friend who is a great writing coach and he set me down and said, «OK, I think you're writing the wrong book, I think you've found that there's a symptom here and you're not dealing with the problem.»

«In the end,» writes Stewart, «his importance is greatest not to the historical theologians who puzzle over his thought but to those of both East and West who recognize in him the great charism of Teacher.»

As C.S. Lewis once wrote in «The Great Divorce» «There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, «Thy will be done,» and those to whom God says, in the end, «Thy will be done.»

By the end of February he was in great trouble, but finally he had relief and wrote to his wife the next day: «Not one little drop of water passed from me; I had no rest nor did I sleep, and I was unable to retain any food or drink.

All you have to say is — great, you have very accurate translations of texts from 2000 years ago, but (a) they were written by people and (b) Where the heck does it say in anyone's bible that the world is going to end on Saturday.

, but by the end of it I had mixed feelings, and the reason was that I thought it oscillated too much: there were great scenes permeated with scenes that added nothing to the story or were poorly written / acted, and it kept going that way up until the end.

Writing on the official club website, the striker closed his career with the following words: «It is with great sadness that I bring my career to an end in this way,» he began, «it's a very difficult moment, but football has still brought me great moments of joy.

Great going forward but defensively we were fragile AGAIN.Mustafi - what on God's earth was he thinking about with that clearance that resulted in the free kick for their goal?He is proving himself a liability and Kos wasn't exactly dominant either.That game could have ended 12 - 5 or something ridiculous like that.Still we have enough to get through and we would have taken that score line before the game.Ozil was majestic out there last night and Ramsey did what he does best.But Wilshere was very poor and you wonder now if the writing is on the wall for him.He continually lost the ball and offered nothing going forward.

But for me, this is a great way to get out from under your own self - judgment and just write straight through to the end.

In February of 1927 my great - grandmother, was doing exactly what I do everyday — raising babies, writing, being married, missing her mama, making ends meet, & working hard to be a good mom / person / wife.

My friend Hanna Rosin wrote a great book called «The End of Men,» but what I want to write is «The End of Multitasking.»

To drive the point home, we find our Republican congressman, Lee Zeldin, assisting the Democrat - majority town board to regain local control of the airport by writing letters to the F.A.A., drafting legislation, publicly supporting the town board's restrictions, and holding rallies in the Peconic region to promote the great work he is doing assisting East Hampton Town to bring much needed noise relief for the East End.

But regardless of where you end up publishing — most writers end up working several of the venues listed above — a great way to learn the terrain is to listen to others who already work in the field, either on the writing side or the hiring — that is, the editing — side.

In it's weekly printed special, «Calcalist» (Israel), made a great article on the subject, interviewing Giulia Enders, a young German scientist, who is delving into our guts and wrote a book about it.

«The celebrations went down a treat, with many days and moments that I will never forget,» he wrote, «In the end, the storm was greater in their minds than in reality — and I had made a lasting change.»

Who knows - you may even end up having experiences that are so great you write your own amazing sex stories about them!

great performances and very clever writing and what an ending!

A superb ending in what came to be as a great story of well written characters.

Whiplash is must - see cinema filled with explosively inspiring performances from both Miles Teller and J.K Simmons, If you don't understand how this movie can connect with millions, then you probably have never felt the never - ending burning pressure that comes with ambitiously and passionately working to be one of the greats at something, whether it is drumming, writing, cooking, acting; absolutely anything.

Anyway, Open Road is on a roll — they already shared great success on The Grey, End of Watch, Chef and recently Nightcrawler, and their upcoming slate is looking good too, with Triple Nine, the upcoming crime - drama heist film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Matt Cook.

In an end «zen place» scene, she wrote how the dog is «flying through the sky, dancing with his partner, there are fireworks and flowers — everything is great — all while someone is touching his private parts.»

In an effort to chime in without giving anything away about the ending I'd like to say that this was a great movie, well paced, superbly acted, smartly written, and nicely directed.

Youth: Youth is annoying as hell, the kind of navel - gazing film that finds great meaning in the ogling of a perfect female body, but there are just enough wonderful moments peppered in there — Rachel Weisz's monologue; the song at the end — to keep you from writing the whole thing off entirely.

Featuring a great soundtrack exclusively written by its star, with inspired and slightly amateur musical numbers, «Dancer In The Dark» moves headlong into to the rare shock ending that will leave you in tears.

Ayer, best known for writing TRAINING DAY and one of the greatest films of 2003, S.W.A.T., has had a pretty steady directing career so far, with films such as HARSH TIMES, STREET KINGS, and END OF WATCH taking up space on his CV.

Written and directed by Lake Bell, I Do... Until I Don't is a great end of summer comedy, exploring matrimony, happiness, envy, and insecurity.

Great write up Guy, seriously a great way to end what I think was a fantastic year in terms of the level of excellent film criticism you prodGreat write up Guy, seriously a great way to end what I think was a fantastic year in terms of the level of excellent film criticism you prodgreat way to end what I think was a fantastic year in terms of the level of excellent film criticism you produced.

So, in this great circle of communication, you go from the emotional end of music and painting and art — the visual forms of communication — to the written communication and spoken communication.

Resource Title End of Year Writing Activity Pack Age / Year Group Early Years and Key Stage 1 Total Pages in download ❤ 18 File Type PDF Resource Content ❂ 15 Worksheets for End of Year Writing ❂ Great for Early Finishers and / or for End of Year activities ❂ Focus on memories / favourite moments / lessons / activities Check the preview!

The pack includes: A long colourful display banner A display border with colourful Hermit crabs An A4 word card to use when writing about the story and sea creatures A title poster for display Word and picture cards of the different sea creatures in the story Word cards with words relating to the story on sea shells Sea creature flash cards Sea creature fact cards with simple facts about the sea creatures in the story Tracing pattern worksheets Match the label to the correct sea creature worksheet Colour photographs of different sea creatures and underwater scenes - great for discussion and displays Design a new house for Hermit crab worksheet Label the sea creatures worksheets A Hermit crab fact book to make and complete Fact posters about Hermit crabs with colour photographs Sequencing picture cards for the story Cut and paste sequence worksheet What happens next worksheets My favourite part of the story worksheet Comparing my house to Hermit crabs house worksheet - with different version for different abilities Cut and paste the months of the year with pictures of the corresponding sea creature Month cards for display with corresponding sea creatures Beginning, middle and end worksheet Count the different sea creatures on the shell worksheets An alphabet line on Hermit crabs A number line to 30 on different sea creatures A crab face mask to make - in colour and black and white Writing paper with themed borders Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourwriting about the story and sea creatures A title poster for display Word and picture cards of the different sea creatures in the story Word cards with words relating to the story on sea shells Sea creature flash cards Sea creature fact cards with simple facts about the sea creatures in the story Tracing pattern worksheets Match the label to the correct sea creature worksheet Colour photographs of different sea creatures and underwater scenes - great for discussion and displays Design a new house for Hermit crab worksheet Label the sea creatures worksheets A Hermit crab fact book to make and complete Fact posters about Hermit crabs with colour photographs Sequencing picture cards for the story Cut and paste sequence worksheet What happens next worksheets My favourite part of the story worksheet Comparing my house to Hermit crabs house worksheet - with different version for different abilities Cut and paste the months of the year with pictures of the corresponding sea creature Month cards for display with corresponding sea creatures Beginning, middle and end worksheet Count the different sea creatures on the shell worksheets An alphabet line on Hermit crabs A number line to 30 on different sea creatures A crab face mask to make - in colour and black and white Writing paper with themed borders Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourWriting paper with themed borders Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves.

It has a comedy theme and was a great stimulus for writing alternative endings to the Hansel and Gretel story.

Not a lot of writing involved but great for discussion and a solid reflective task at the end.

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I've included the following: You're a star - you choose name and attribute for the star Blank with picture for you to choose Excellent Student Most improved student Hard worker Excellent athlete Outstanding behaviour Most improved behaviour Excellence in science Excellence in math Excellence in reading Excellence in spelling Excellence in writing Being a true friend Happy attitude Most responsible Most patient Great sportsmanship Computer whiz Integrity Courage Perseverance Wonderful sense of humour Curiosity For more end of the year ideas, use the link below.

Includes: Making a list of food and drink for a picnic My day at the beach Writing instructions for building a sandcastle Staying safe in the sun Cooling down in the heat Writing sentences plus more... Could be made into a workbook or the sheets could be used individually - great for end of term assessment!