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in the audience, movies, podcast, spotlight, tv & movies

Spotlight: City Lights (Review)

For Valentine’s week, I’m looking at one of the best loved romantic movies of all time. No, not Casablanca, though that is one of the […]

February 16, 2006

Tim King
bethestory, conflict, podcast, writing

Feeling the Romance and Keeping it Real

There’s a standard formula for romantic stories. Boy meets girl. They fall in love but pretend they don’t even notice each other. Finally, they declare […]

February 13, 2006

Tim King
books, in the audience, novels, podcast, spotlight

Spotlight: Heartbeat (Review)

Heartbeat is perhaps not what you would expect me to read. That’s because it’s intended for a different audience, girls aged 9-12. My daughter put […]

February 9, 2006

Tim King
bethestory, description, podcast, writing

Pulling Us Into Your World

The idea for this episode actually came from a question someone posed on a writer’s board. How do you write short descriptions that still give […]

February 6, 2006

Tim King
audio, in the audience, podcast, spotlight

Spotlight: Peanut Butter and Tofu on Jewish Rye (Review)

A review of the Icebox Radio Theater’s production of Peanut Butter & Tofu on Jewish Rye. By Andrew Librizzi. Adapted for radio by Jeffrey Adams. […]

February 2, 2006

Tim King
bethestory, podcast, writing

3 Stupid (or Not So Stupid) Story Mistakes

It seems like so long ago that I was just learning about stories. I’d been writing non-fiction for many years, but when I tried to […]

January 30, 2006

Tim King
in the audience, podcast, spotlight, television, tv & movies

Spotlight: Gilmore Girls

When a friend of mine found out I liked Gilmore Girls, he said, “Really? What’s it about? It’s just a mother and daughter, right?” How […]

January 26, 2006

Tim King
bethestory, books, in the audience, novels, podcast

The Telling of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the most endearing pieces of classic literature. Of the many literary novels extant, this is […]

January 23, 2006

Tim King
books, in the audience, novels, podcast, spotlight, writing

Spotlight: Storyteller (Review)

A review of Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 years of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop by Kate Wilhelm Tell me a story. Tell me […]

January 19, 2006

Tim King
bethestory, character, podcast, writing

How to Create Powerful, Sympathetic Characters

Creating sympathetic characters does not need to be mysterious. This week we’ll look a couple of unlikely sympathetic characters. And I’ll give you an easy, […]

January 16, 2006

Tim King

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