Sentences with phrase «write stories the moment»

Marcy McKay knew she wanted to write stories the moment she read about Oompa Loompas in fourth grade.

Not exact matches

The writing is exceptional; the plot constantly twists; the dialog is crisp and clever and never fails to drive the story forward; Damian Lewis is, as always, great; Paul Giamatti is, well, he's Paul Giamatti; the moment Wags, played by David Costabile (the ill - fated Gale Boetticher on Breaking Bad), appears in a scene, you instantly smile with anticipation.

«Story represents the future of retail — curation, editorial storytelling, interactive events and displays, and will help amplify Macy's Instagrammable moments and help connect with Millennial shoppers,» he wrote in a Wednesday research note.

Anyone who knows my story knows that my life drastically changed six months ago (and I wrote about that moment here).

So in addition to the Top 10 of the year, I wanted to share a couple more posts — these are the posts that I actually liked or feel represent my year of writing, even if no one else liked them or tweeted about them, even if they are an out - of - fashion style of blogging like story - telling or moment - capturing.

As Elizabeth Gilbert wrote, there are moments in our lives to remember that this is a story I'm living right now, not a story I'm writing — not yet anyway.)

It's probably the most climactic moment in any story that's ever been written.

Our heritage is long and rich, filled with moments of success and of challenge, and as the pace of change continues to accelerate, we see each day as another opportunity to write the next chapter in the Amatil story.

Welcome to Effed It Up, a semi-regular column where you, the Basically reader, write us with stories of your...less - than - proud kitchen moments, and we try to figure out how to, you know, not do that again.

For two, I wrote a couple of years back: when the Split originally occurred, Raw was written for the big moment, and SDL was written for the big story.

For the fans it was a season of vivid moments — while the impersonal scorebooks wrote a story of their own

It honestly feels like moments ago that I was sat at this computer writing Alex's birth story and it just feels completely crazy that I am now about to write his one year update!

At the moment I don't have the mental capacity to write out a long drawn out birth story so I'm going to cut to the chase... Friday June 29th - 34 weeks pregnant 6:00 -LSB-...]

At the moment I don't have the mental capacity to write out a long drawn out birth story so I'm going to cut to the chase...

Tough: When I set out to write this book, my main goal was to tell an engaging story, to find characters and moments and conflicts that would reflect the changes that were going on in Harlem.

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.»

I didn't think about it at the time, but this will be one of those moments historians will write about when they tell the story of the hung Parliament.

Every day or so she has had a guest author and asks them to write about their scariest moment or a ghost story and she has a giveaway.

The budding star shared her spur of the moment decision on her Instagram stories along with her new «do writing, «spontaneously chopped!

Rimma, has wrote her story:» Me and Jack went to Austin as I wanted to go to the skating ring, and Austin has a marvelous skating ring right in the center of a mall, it is a huge mall that looks rather like a city in the city, than like a shopping place, but we didn't get to the point with the skating ring as i kept entering one boutique after another, until the moment when in one the stores i met Carrie.

Like its a good movie if you base it on Spaceys an Devitos acting and the fact it is wel written in the comedy part wth a few really good laugh out loud moments and the story is ok i understand there after a big sale but i do nt understand why a guy whose really religious would ignore his job and talk about religion?

Excellent character writing makes up for the moments when the overarching story drags, or when it gets too hamfisted.

Written and directed by Dan Gilroy, whose directorial debut was the brilliant «Nightcrawler,» «Roman J. Israel» is presented, from its first moments, as the story of a good and valuable lawyer's slide into moral compromise.

I consider myself a director first and a writer second I guess and while I am writing a new story at the moment I am also interested in the possibility of directing someone else's material at some point.

The ancillary subplots aren't nearly as interesting this time around (particularly the stuff between Michael Kelly's Chief of Staff and Rachel Brosnahan's reformed call girl), and even the main story feels a bit stretched at times with the constant back and forth between Underwood and Raymond Tusk, but there's rarely a dull moment thanks to the excellent writing and performances.

Mayer and screenwriter Stephen Karam (normally a playwright, who previously wrote a stage adaptation of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard) open the movie with a flash - forward to events that occur about 2/3 of the way through the story, and when that moment arrives, they play it again, without variation.

From calculated jewellery heists to cold blooded murder, police chases, hijacking planes and even the ability to control a dog with some truly hilarious results, GTA V has one of the best stories to date that is not only well - written with some great comedic moments but boasts some really fun protagonists.

He's still writing and ignoring almost everything else, which results in vacillating responses from his wife Lauren (Julia Stiles), depending on whether or not there's conflict from some other character in the story at the moment (She's mad at him when the plot starts to get stale, and she desperately wants to have his child when he's otherwise distracted by other things).

It is these profound moments and strengths that bring out the best in Lehane's writing and no matter who takes the reigns of the director's chair, they have substantial material to work with and so far, every film adapted from one of his stories has been beautifully orchestrated.

Garden State, an auspicious writing and directing debut from Braff (of TV's charming Scrubs), is about Largeman's return to his New Jersey hometown, and like Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, it's more about mood and moments than telling a single story (and like that film, it's about an actor feeling numb to the «real» world).

The writing is surprisingly good as well, complete with several humorous moments injected into the story.

While there are some good moments as well as an inspirational story, the writing and directing are pretty weak.

Well, of course that aren't any «what the heck» moments, but the writing is solid enough to keep players engaged and disregard many of the cliches plaguing the story.

Reading the story is worthless as the game is all about the fan service moments and even the writing itself attempts to poke fun at this situation.

Stephen Stills wrote those lyrics nearly a half - century ago, but let's just say this song is the perfect fit for the moment that is about to occur, and for the overall story about to unfold.

The story, written by Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan (who also co-wrote the scripts of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi) and Michael Arndt, features some smart self - referential moments with refreshing efforts to ground the characters deeper than ever into this faraway galaxy, from a long time ago, without forgetting a delightful dollop of humor.

If a conflict occurs, maybe parents and children can agree to write a story sharing each perspective, and then compare, ask questions, and talk after the heat of the moment has fled.

Before Tamlyn and Quinn did their descriptive writing, they created storyboards about the action they wanted to represent in an assignment on «expanding the moment» — making the story more intense by describing a fleeting instant in great detail.

Students then are given the opportunity to write a personal narrative based on the small moment, expanding the story by adding details regarding what happened, dialogue, and an ending.

In 2010, she wrote a critically acclaimed memoir, The Next Big Story: My Journey through the Land of Possibilities, which chronicles her biggest reporting moments and how her upbringing and background have influenced these experiences.

These house shaped graphic organizers will provide you with all of the teaching resources that you need for your students to write about the main character, setting, plot, why it would be fun to live in this house with the main character, and a «home sweet home» moment from the story.

Authors, editors, and writing coaches like myself have a number of different terms we use to group together story moments and beats within a narrative.

I work so hard on my writing that the fun bit where I'm making up stories for my own enjoyment is dwarfed by the analysis, the problem solving, the revisions, the editing, the learning about writing craft — things that can be rewarding in the end, but are often stressful in the moment (and don't even get me started on marketing, bookkeeping, or taxes).

With stalkers and thieves... rapists and murderers, bits of clues here and there kept me guessing and anxiously turning the pages to find the perpetrator of the deadly scheme; but then, at what should have been the most intense climatic moment of the whole story, the blow - by - blow (sadly) falls flat with an unconvincingly written encounter.

From the moment I decided to write about the historical figure of Sarah Grimké, I was compelled to also create the story of an enslaved character that could be entwined with Sarah's.

From the moment I start writing a story I'm alert to any word or phrase which I believe captures the essence.

My main post each week will be focusing on all the moments that are worth celebrating in the publishing world: everything from stories about successful book deals, to writing inspiration, to the 6 moments you should celebrate on your publishing journey (coming next week!)

Every week I'm going to be focusing on something worth celebrating in the publishing journey — whether it's stories about new deals and successes, or writing inspiration, or platform - building encouragement, I want us all to end our summers steeped in the happy moments that make the crazy business of books worthwhile...

-LSB-...] Gold explored how to make characters recommit to the story goal after the Black Moment, Kurt Chambers examines how to show emotions in your writing, and Janice Hardy shows how to craft -LSB-...]

- Booklist «Parrett's sometimes melancholy, always heartfelt novel is written in clean, straightforward prose that, in its understated way, successfully captures the moments and moods that constitute her spare but memorable story.»