| 单词 | good story |
| 例句 | It was a good story, and I liked it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Even in an emergency room she knows how to put a good story together. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He also tried to remember some good stories to relate as he sheared the sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually I hate speaking, but I wrote a really good story. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t see why not. It’s all about telling a good story. Just like a Hollywood picture.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our children’s children will hear a good story,” answered Hazel, quoting a rabbit proverb. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was written a long time ago, but it’s a good story.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Every good story needs a bad guy, don’t you think? Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But there are a surprising number of good stories too. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She seemed annoyed; she flipped her dark curls impatiently — I guessed she’d been hoping to hear something that would make a good story for her to pass on. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I know, but it’s a good story. Just listen.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “They think this is a good story,” she said. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The occasion was right for a good story. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been told that every good story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Out of one good story into another one. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z But I didn’t see anything, and on I went, trying to think of a good story for the cow-boys when they came. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably he was already thinking what a good story this would make when he wrote home, but I planned to write first. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of folks around Marshall will tell you that usually I can tell a good story along with the best of them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And they would need to have a good story to tell. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He was cheeky and liked a good story more than anything else. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It's a tale told well, like all good stories, and it doesn't take long to lose myself in early twentieth-century Minnesota. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was all settled in and ready for a good story when the door banged and pinch-faced Amanda Wilkinson came in. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I waved harder and I thought about Amanda Wilkinson and how it was neat that she liked a good story the same as I did. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Those were whacking good stories, if I do say so myself. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But every good story has a turn and a twist. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “My life story is a good story, a lot of success,” he said, his accent still heavy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z One thing I was starting to understand was that August loved to tell a good story. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Janie loved the conversation and sometimes she thought up good stories on the mule, but Joe had forbidden her to indulge. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Redemption always loved a good story, the wilder the better. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z All he needed to do was make up a good story before returning to camp. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “I’d say my sister tells good stories, and sometimes she does the man’s voice, and it’s funny.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Cherrie and the others especially enjoyed Roosevelt’s ability to tell a good story, keeping everyone entertained with tales of his adventures in the Wild West, in Africa, and as president. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z They spin a good story, but I’m glad to read her own words. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Anyway, I just thought Melville wrote a good story, but what do I know? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “My parents are divorcing, Joaquin’s parents want to adopt him, so you better have a good story. And don’t say, ‘I want to find my bio mom,’ or I’ll pinch you harder this time.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Colin thought the truth should matter as much as the point, and he figured that was why he couldn't tell good stories. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z It was never like my dad to have a lot to talk about anyway, unless he had a good story to share. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z You had to hand it to the boy, he knew how to spin a good story. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Turu, in the height of a good story, couldn’t have done better himself, and we all leaned in closer. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Wrote a good story,” I say, correcting her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “A good story will always sell, book or movie or man. Political lesson number one.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a good story, and I wouldn’t have minded hearing what Shady had to say about it. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z One beating and one lecture was about right for two good stories that would be told for a long time by old men playing checkers under the Cold Sassy tree at the depot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "These last stands in a house make good stories, but nothing ever came of them. After their first few repulses the enemy always set the house on fire." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “It’s a good story. With a happy ending.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Anyone could see me, and I don’t have a good story to tell if they do. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I am a firm believer that every person, young or old, has at least one good story to tell. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Mom’s embellishments and half-truths usually equip her to tell a good story, though. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Pierre told a good story: one meeting of his secret society had, he assured Boyle, been disrupted by disgruntled employees who had blown up the castle in which the society was meeting. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Osh could tell good stories when he wanted to, but he couldn’t read at all. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It was actually a pretty good story, now that she had someone to tell it to. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Spill it. Use the word grudges and there has got to be a really good story!” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I heard a pretty good story last night. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “My name’s Darlene. I like good stories. You got a spicy one?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It makes sense and it’s almost a good story. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Sure, it was a good story, but so was my favorite TV show, Doctor Who. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Alas, like many good stories this one appears to be apocryphal. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And despite his own paper’s editorial, not even the editor in chief of the Chicago Tribune, Horace White, smelled a good story in the smoke that was blowing into his neighborhood. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The reporter thanked Miss K for letting her visit—good story—great angle—sorry she couldn’t stay—mayor cutting ribbon for opening of new auto-parts shop—meeting of the school board. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “Looks like I got a good story by the tail,” he said. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think it will make a good story?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Sister Redempta started to take her leave, then called back over her shoulder, “And remember, Abilene Tucker: to write a good story, one must watch and listen.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I guess he got a good story to tell out of it and I got my first driving lesson. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I think Jackson got it to scandalize me, since the red velvet cover was decidedly lurid, but it ended up being a very good story. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I personally like Bel and the temple; it’s a good story, but with all the delays for translation it was going too slowly to hold people’s interest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, my story truly began years before that day, but I will start here for now, for many good stories begin with the day when a life changes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He thought every good story should end with a big, exciting chase. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z But at least it was a good story. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “There’s no good story that doesn’t touch the truth,” I said, repeating something my father used to say, mostly to fill the silence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He's still a nice travel companion though, and he finds good stories, even here – about expat Brits living the dream, and gold-diggers, and monster tuna fish. Case Histories; Australia With Simon Reeve – TV review 2013-05-20T06:00:22Z If you have a good story, he said, and can tell it well, audiences want to know. Edinburgh fringe's amateur comedians turn headlines into punchlines 2012-07-23T14:26:47Z That feels right; one of the great satisfactions offered by a good story is the feeling that its conclusion is both unpredictable and, when revealed, inevitable. An adventure for the iPad 2012-07-25T19:27:00Z Later, when I interviewed Ms. Kelly, she mentioned that this was a good story for me, a Pisces, to be doing. Venture Capital Is Putting Its Money Into Astrology 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Even so, as crowds swarm the mummy-less exhibition of treasures of the predictably famous King Tut at the Discovery Times Square Exposition, Melvin the Mummy has a good story to tell. Melvin the Mummy, Rewrapped, at Brooklyn Museum 2010-05-06T22:57:00Z And when people ask you how you met you have a good story to tell. My lover, my client 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z It doesn’t have to be a truly innovative product — it just has to be a good story. Special Report: Watches: Hodinkee, Watch Cheerleader 2014-03-27T12:01:18Z It’s got a good story to tell and a life to unpack and tons of old photographs and miles of archival footage to delight, intrigue and astound. ‘Halston’ Review: The Designer as Unsolved Mystery 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z This was my way of remembering him, but also telling a good story. Poet Martín Espada: "The imagination is absolutely critical to political activism" 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Even if one-act, abstract ballets are popular with choreographers, on the whole audiences prefer a good story. Royal Ballet Takes a Chance on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 2011-03-03T06:50:00Z Should the facts be allowed to get in the way of a good story, and is truth the first casualty in a dirty war? Gibraltar – review 2013-04-01T14:34:36Z In what seems like a tangent, he points out that she didn’t speak with irony and couldn’t tell a good story but she “knew how to love.” Does a Comedian Really Need an Audience? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z "I must say, Dylan never lets the facts get in the way of a good story," agrees Abbe Smith, a Georgetown Law School professor who's also an expert on Bruce Springsteen and the law. Academics to dissect Bob Dylan at NY conference 2011-04-02T16:24:07Z One mark of a good story is that you fall into it, enraptured by every detail. Highlights from New Yorker Interactive and Multimedia Stories of 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z So if there's a good story and a good script, I'll think about it on that basis. A Minute With: Colin Firth from royal to ordinary 'Arthur Newman' 2013-04-25T17:20:37Z Julian does believe that some people have bad luck, and Edith is one of them, but they were really good story lines. Laura Carmichael Discusses Edith’s Evolution on ‘Downton Abbey’ 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z He made a good story out of a life that was, in many respects, terrible. Paul Gauguin: guilty as charged 2010-09-27T20:31:00Z Having lived the source material, the sisters had to find a balance between respecting the facts and telling a good story. In ‘From Scratch,’ the Locke Sisters Tell a Story of Love, Loss and Food 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z It's a good story, which gets told again and again, and it does cut to the core of Millican's . Comedy gold: Sarah Millican's Chatterbox 2012-11-08T10:37:20Z If Arnie is going to be back, the starting points are a good story and a great film-maker to bring it to life. Could Arnold Schwarzenegger be back for Terminator 5? 2011-02-17T17:54:12Z We all want a good story, told well. What do literary agents really want? 2012-10-01T12:00:02Z But most readers who aren’t also writers expect a good story. “How accidentally a fate is made”: Ed Tarkington on love and its complications, the toll of mental and physical illness — and how dark episodes become the seeds of story 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z It’s a common complaint: Where are the good stories about people doing good things? Perspective | Why is ‘The Wall’ so obsessed with ‘good people’? Maybe because TV has enough bad ones. 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z They are to explore what's important to me, and to tell a good story. Jenn Ashworth: My desktop 2012-07-31T14:27:07Z The comic Nick Page says: "It is getting worse because of the volume of people trying to enter the comedy industry without the life experience to create good jokes and good stories." Have you heard the one about rape? It's funny now 2012-08-17T18:15:01Z Cinema is still truthful about war; it sees it as a good story as well as a terrible reality. The art of war cuts both ways | Jonathan Jones 2010-03-22T11:41:00Z Max, put it, the novel “emerges as an inexhaustible shaggy monster, part literary parody, part case study of the slipperiness of narrative and the seduction of a good story.” Paperback Row 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Writing on his own with "Payback at Morning Peak," he takes aim at a clear target: telling a good story. 'Payback at Morning Peak': Actor Gene Hackman revisits the West ? as a writer 2011-07-31T04:10:29Z “There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story. Nothing can stop it. Nothing can defeat it,” the writers, trolling any unhappy viewers via Tyrion, insisted. What Survives After the “Game of Thrones” Finale 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z In the years since, I’ve asked many, many people, especially cat owners, if they’ve seen The Collector; they almost always say no, which opens the door for a good story on my one horror touchstone. Hidden horrors: our writers on the scariest movies you (probably) haven't seen 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Kevin Birmingham’s new book about the long censorship fight over James Joyce’s “Ulysses” braids eight or nine good stories into one mighty strand. Kevin Birmingham’s Book on ‘Ulysses’ and Censorship 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z There’s actually a good story of a guy up in Maine who was a commercial fisherman, and went and got some degrees in science. We’re destroying the seas 2012-07-09T13:55:00Z These are songs that talk about you and me, about our feelings, just as any good story. New band of the day – No 1,287: Boy 2012-06-13T14:15:00Z One is Ms. Winterson’s search for her birth mother: a good story I’d rather not give away, except to say that it will not soon be made into a Hallmark television movie. Books of The Times: Jeanette Winterson?s ?Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?? 2012-03-08T17:22:58Z “We realized that to give this issue justice and to tell a good story, we wanted to remain balanced and show history as it happened,” Cowan said. 3 SIFF documentaries tell Northwest stories 2013-05-09T00:02:50Z “If you can get ingredients that no one else can get, and they have a good story, it can give you an edge — even if they don’t work any better.” Is your persimmon soap infused with geisha wisdom? The precious world of artisanal beauty. 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Furst tells galloping good stories, and “Midnight in Europe” is one of them. ‘Midnight in Europe,’ a Thriller by Alan Furst 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z “I thought my date either was going to be as outgoing and talkative as me, or I’d get some total loony toon, which I thought would be a good story,” she explained. Date Lab: She thought her date would be another extrovert or a ‘loony toon’ 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z And they make good stories, even if this book’s emphasis is often on filth, hellishness and disgust. Books of The Times: “Life After Death,” by Damien Echols 2012-09-19T21:18:19Z This is central to writing a good story and believable compelling characters. "Miles Morales: Spider-Man" author Saladin Ahmed: "Politics are central to the story for me" 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z It's August and the end of summer reading season is near, but there are still plenty of daylight hours left to lounge outside — or cool off indoors, away from the heat — with a good story. You need to read this: 5 hot new fiction books coming in August 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z But a good story will succeed even without stars – and potentially more so with them, she says. 'It's a war between technology and a donkey' – how AI is shaking up Hollywood 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z If you want to learn how to write some good stories, some good songs, why not bring yourself to listen to country? Musician Christylez Bacon stays ahead of the beat 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Rather it is because, like all good stories, "F is for Family" focuses on creating sympathetic, three-dimensional characters and putting them in believable dilemmas. Would “F Is for Family” patriarch Frank Murphy vote for Trump? Bill Burr says yes 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Davis tells a very good story and deserves all the praise she won for her other books set in famous New York landmarks. Review | ‘The Chelsea Girls’ revisits the fear and desperation of the McCarthy-era theater world 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z “Because it was like every good story that you ever read — but with women in it, naturally,” she said. The Sly Superpower of ‘Hustlers’ 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z And so we just felt like, "Oh, man, we got some good stories here," that we could have never pried out of each other just by working together. Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne: We're the only band "used to playing in space bubbles" 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z “I can’t name another book that is this popular, that tells such a good story, has such indelible characters and makes a social statement without being preachy,” Ms. Murphy said. Parties for ?Mockingbird? Birthday, but Don?t Expect Author 2010-05-24T21:41:00Z “It’s a good story. Do you want me to start, love?” The Story Behind the Hanley Mellon Clothing Line 2014-04-11T20:55:56Z You know there are some good stories when the Royal Corgis’ Wikipedia page has an entire section titled “Victims.” God save the corgi 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z I was always told I told good stories and I always loved hearing that I told good stories. Feminist icon Vivian Gornick, still in the fight: A conversation with Jonathan Lethem 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The bottom line is the more books I sell and the more readers I speak to, the more I realise that what readers are interested in is a good story. RJ Ellory wins crime novel of the year award 2010-07-23T11:50:00Z But historians, with their predilection for debunking a good story, now reckon that the specimen was in such disrepair it had to be disposed of and the safest way to do that was to incinerate. Dead as a dodo? There's life in this old bird yet 2013-06-28T10:50:35Z It’s a good story, easily as curious as any Buck herself put to paper. Books of The Times: ?Pearl Buck in China,? by Hilary Spurling 2010-06-09T00:02:00Z But you can have a good story without easy sordidness. Books for hard-to-shop-for tweens and teens, from Star Wars and Harley Quinn to gothic horror 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z "The audience will always respond positively to good stories about compelling characters facing intense situations," he said. After long hiatus, Valiant Comics returning in May 2012-01-17T16:53:08Z You hear such good stories, in fact, that it's almost impossible not to abandon your drink, there and then, to see them. Tim Etchells on performance: National Review of Live Art meets a bloody end 2010-03-25T12:19:00Z Even at the pinnacle of career success, they would marvel at his insecurity, an all-too-human condition that made him stretch the truth — all for the sake of a good story. ‘Brian being Brian’: A unique storytelling ability connected Brian Williams with viewers, but it also led to his downfall 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z She uses the melodramatic tropes of soap opera to tell a cracking good story, all the while smuggling in piercing observations, like a file baked in a cake. Ties that bind 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z It’s a difficult position to put both films in, but both Kwan and Han spoke of wanting their works to exist as just good stories first and foremost. 'We're part of a greater movement': Hollywood finally gives Asian stories a spotlight 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “It all depends on what makes for a good story,” Jennings said. Here's the “Bob’s Burgers” secret ingredient to culinary excellence 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z But advertising’s pleasures, and nostalgia’s, fall short of those that can be conveyed by a really good story. Netflix’s 'The Crown' Makes the Most of an Unknowable Queen 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it’s specificity that makes a good story. Rachel Bloom Is Breaking TV Boundaries With Spanx and Diversity 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z There are some awfully good story collections around. By the Book: Richard Ford: By the Book 2012-06-21T14:08:18Z The professional narrators of this roiling city are the intrepid reporters of the Chicago Tribune, men — all men — wholly devoted to the truth of a good story. Review | A corrupt, cynical world as only David Mamet could imagine it 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z That said, I'm the first to acknowledge that the film doesn't need to be religiously or scientifically sound; it just needs to tell a good story, and it more or less does. Can you solve the Prometheus puzzle? 2012-06-13T15:44:05Z “There are plenty of outlets where good stories can be told and shared. The better the editorial, the more chance to get out on those platforms.” Arts organizations are hiring pros to tell their stories I think all of it is a really good story, it was just so brilliant I could explode! Monster Helping of Horrd Henry by Francesca Simon - review 2013-04-21T14:00:00Z Like all good stories – and most gambles – this one goes in directions I didn’t bet on. Laurie Frankel: We adopted by choice not necessity 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z What does a show need most: good music, good choreography or a good story? Life Is Raw. Life Is a Work of Art. Enter the World of Ivo Dimchev. 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z As Irwin reminds us, good stories move around, and at least some of these action-filled fantasies — in one, battle elephants fight with swords attached to their swinging trunks — probably originated in Persia or India. In these medieval Arab tales, a heavy dollop of spice 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z “I know I'm a good story teller,” he said, “which makes my life sound more interesting than it actually is.” Peter Beagle, Author of ‘The Last Unicorn,’ Is Back In Control 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Actually – and we’ll say this as kindly as we can – it’s a very good story. Welcome to Plutocrat-geddon! Obama and Thomas Friedman flatter our new billionaire overlords 2014-04-22T16:03:00Z Mr. de la Houssaye knew his way around, had some good stories about Cajun history and was excellent at identifying the bird species that posed for our cameras in his own particular way. Into Cajun Country: From Po'boys to the Pink Panther 2010-09-01T03:00:00Z Lost is just a good story with what will be a great ending I'm certain. 2010-01-22T17:28:00Z A: I just wanted to write a good story, I was fascinated by the drama of bee life, the violence, the beauty and the poetry that I saw there. Book Talk: Paull's 'The Bees' looks at life inside the hive 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The phrase "slow news week" is a cheap, lazy way of saying, "We couldn't be bothered to find any good stories." Pop Torn: 10 pieces of cultural ambivalence 2011-07-16T13:01:00Z This book was so good that I wish the writer would write more good stories like it. Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo - review 2012-07-01T14:00:00Z As a Darwinist I interviewed put it, families would fail without a larger workforce, and so in order to make people have more kids, so they would survive, we needed a good story to tell. “One and Only” author: “It’s like I’m suggesting that people should have aborted their own children” 2013-06-11T13:57:00Z “There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story,” Tyrion says at one point. “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Finale Recap: The Iron Throne 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Workshops, presentations and more from experts at telling a good story. Go east, dear reader, for Mazama Festival of Books 2012-07-06T23:15:07Z “It is one whale of a good story,” ABC’s Ted Koppel said at the time. O.J. Simpson is granted parole, closing another chapter in a neverending saga 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z There was never a moment where I thought: this would be a good story for Twitter. Joshua Clover on his accidental hit Twitter tale #HowIQuitSpin: “I literally believed it would be the two of them reading it” 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z I know you have a good story about how you got into journalism. Jackie MacMullan Is the Great Chronicler of Basketball’s Golden Age 2019-05-12T04:00:00Z She was frustrated by the scarcity of good stories for her son and wondered aloud whether she couldn’t write one herself. Ellen Conford, children’s writer, dies at 73 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z “The paper taught me to write on deadline and to see that to get the good stories — to build a career — I had to get in on it early and have vision,” she said. Gail Sheehy, Journalist, Author and Social Observer, Dies at 83 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Coming up with 22 really good stories a year is just harder than coming up with 10 or 13. How to Make a TV Drama in the Twitter Age 2013-08-09T14:51:02Z But those distortions at least make a good story. Review: Broadway’s First ‘Funny Girl’ Revival Shows Why It Took So Long 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z What makes a good story about comedy is what makes good comedy: a fresh take and distinctive material. Have You Heard the One About the Angsty Comic? Yes, Too Often 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z You learn what a good story shape is, you learn how to time it — I used to like getting to a good bit just when I knew the bell was about to go. 'This wretched church' 2010-04-19T07:00:00Z A laugh, a good story and for the video not to freeze while I was shoving in pizza. Blind date: 'I hoped the video wouldn’t freeze while I shoved in pizza' 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z You want to tell a good story — but you want to tell a good "Star Wars" story. "Star Wars" insider Bill Slavicsek on how "The Mandalorian" has redeemed the universe 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z Whatever the truth, it makes another good story for an artful dissembler. Film: Making Hollywood Films Was Brutal, Even for Fritz Lang 2011-01-23T02:19:11Z Kirk Douglas as Charles Tatum in “Ace in the Hole” said about newspapering that even if you’ve got “a good story today, tomorrow they’ll wrap a fish in it.” Ta-Ta to ‘Teetering Tabloids’: Keith Kelly Signs Off 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z Now “Orwell’s Roses” takes its place alongside other great non-biography biographies written by acclaimed authors who know how to tell a good story. Review | Orwell was more than a social critic. Rebecca Solnit’s new book finds him in the garden. 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The story “Nightmare,” for instance, was rejected by editors because of a low demand for descriptions of mental hospitals and also because, well, it’s not a good story. A Late — and Maybe Last — Collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘Lost’ Stories 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Deborah Eisenberg tells us that "the plot of a good story is likely to be a stranger, more volatile and more evanescent sort of thing than the plot of a novel". Is the short story really the novel's poor relation? 2011-03-24T11:05:40Z “I don’t feel ownership, I just want it to be a good story,” Green told the crowd, many of whom raised their hands when asked if they had read the novel more than once. Author John Green On What To Expect From 'Paper Towns,' Cara Delevingne 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Grisham can tell a good story no matter what audience he’s telling it to. Beach Books: New Books by Tommy James, Dave Barry and John Grisham 2010-05-27T22:12:00Z We've got so many good story lines stemming from the book or inspired by the book and then just generated from our own powwows. Brad Pitt tries to build a better blockbuster 2013-06-19T15:04:10Z But Shyamalan spends so much of the movie trying to dazzle us with bigness and self-importance that he forgets to tell a good story. "The Last Airbender": Shyamalan's fantasy schlockfest 2010-07-01T00:31:00Z A good story is a good story, no matter what the medium. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 5: Hold the Door 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z I like good stories first, and if they happen to be a romantic comedy, great. The funniest man on Twitter moves to TV: Rob Delaney takes a dirty, messy, realistic look at parenting and marriage 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z There are so many good stories and so many great people, entrepreneurial, clever, joyful. Africa United reveals the other side of a continent 2010-10-02T23:07:00Z "The lesson for beginning playwrights in this is, start with a good story and an amazing character." The story of Bonhoeffer, Nazi resistance martyr, at Seattle's Taproot Theatre 2011-03-25T00:09:53Z It’s one of those good stories for people who’ve just been let go from their job. Jamie Lee Curtis Has Never Worked Hard a Day in Her Life 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z In contemporary news media, the mere fact of an accusation, as scurrilous or dubious as it may be, becomes news in itself by the fact of being a good story. The Reductive Narrative Tactics of “Author: The JT LeRoy Story” 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z But I just think trying to get good stories out there and provoke thought and conversation and reflection, that’s the goal. Oscar Nominee Michael Fassbender on the Problem With Picking Winners in the Arts 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z It’s a good story, but Tintoretto ended up doing something else: He became simply Tintoretto, deeply original, often sublimely weird and one of the most imaginative painters of the Renaissance. Review | Tintoretto was brilliant and ambitious. This new exhibition shows he was also sublimely weird. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Never underestimate the power of a good story. A Friend for Little Bear by Harry Horse - review 2012-07-08T11:00:00Z A good story about a possible date could get you a night off from the sympathetic manager, who was probably the only adult in those days we called by his first name. The glamorous life of a whistleblower: Working a dead-end job for minimum wage 2014-04-25T12:15:00Z "You tell somebody a good story, that's more powerful than tons of data, charts and graphs and statistics," he says. 50 years on, finding profit in `truth' on JFK case 2013-05-11T16:07:15Z This was a good story about how flourished counterculturally long before the web connected us all. Radio review: The Secret History of Social Networking 2011-01-27T08:00:03Z It’s a good story, but as time goes by you wonder, “Did this really happen?” Recalling Happenings Events on Eve of Pace Exhibition 2012-02-05T05:07:07Z Stritch famously loved a good time and a good story, so she probably would have enjoyed Jacobs’s gossipy text, studded with juicy anecdotes. Review | Elaine Stritch biography takes a gossipy, once-over-lightly approach 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z But that’s what I think a good story is — it creates that type of mystery or detective vibe that allows people to envision her, to be creative in their own way. Probing the Mysteries of a Photographer and Her Images 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Beyond telling a good story, what is your responsibility — especially with an incoming Trump administration? Can Television Be Fair to Muslims? 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z “Why leave them in storage? They tell a good story here.” Two Old Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum Will Stay a While 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Ultimately, "Blowing minds rather than, you know, telling a good story is the driving imperative." 'Jurassic World' clones some, not all, of original film's fun, reviews say 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z What he was was a professional journalist always on the lookout for a good story. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z And, of course, richly drawn characters, because for me, a good story’s not so much about what happens as who it happens to. The Crime Novelist William Kent Krueger Still Loves Sherlock Holmes 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z “The fact that it is a good story for representation, with a predominantly African-American cast, would be a strong message to send to give the top prize to that.” Escapism or realism? Top Emmy races pose a choice 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z And I also know as a businessman what it means to be overwhelmed with a desire to produce a good story. | Q. & A.: An Interview With Steven Spielberg 2011-12-20T17:07:39Z Rodriguez’s popularity in South Africa became Mr. Bendjelloul’s smart starting point in the documentary and the way he transformed a good story into an electric one. Movie Review: Malik Bendjelloul’s ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ 2012-07-26T21:59:59Z But then you realize a really good story is a really good story and that is at the heart of what `Allegiance' really is. Broadway's Telly Leung gets jazzy in his solo CD 2012-12-06T13:39:16Z With embellishment, it’s a good story when I spin it. This is the greatest love story and ghost story 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z “My idea is to tell a good story, and if it crosses some lines and it doesn’t fit one particular genre, that’s good.” Stephen King talks about crime, creativity and new novel 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Not exactly a “meet cute,” Alexis reflects by the pool, but a good story to tell their children someday. Review | ‘The Red Lotus,’ a new novel with a pandemic plot, is both prescient and diverting 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z “Every con,” she writes, “starts with a good story” and the one she tells in “The Confidence Men” is exceptionally entertaining. Review | The greatest prison escape ever? ‘The Confidence Men’ tells a sensational true story. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Other good stories are told in “Priestdaddy,” including the author’s decision to run away from home at 19 with a man she’d met on the internet. Patricia Lockwood Is a Priest’s Child (Really), but ‘From the Devil’ 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Exercising it in pursuit of a good story, the right word or phrase, the striking image or surprising transition, pleased him far more than his regular turns on a stationary bike. Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z It’s his patience to tell a good story. John Oliver and Clickhole Take Fake News in Opposite Directions 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z George Eliot is one of those brilliant writers who manages to be polemical while telling a really good story. Read 'em and keep: what are the books to pass on to the next generation? 2011-03-28T19:30:01Z “And it sounded like a good story to tell at school on Monday.” Review: In ‘Days of Rage,’ the Revolution Will Be Trivialized 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z I love a good story about a character’s inner world. Raina Telgemeier Can’t Wait to Break Bread With Her Friends Again 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z And even if we’re not familiar with all of the writers in these volumes, they still wrote some pretty good stories in their time. ArtsBeat: Anthologies That (Mostly) Stand the Test of Time 2013-05-17T15:41:49Z Some documentaries are made with extraordinary faith that a good story will eventually emerge, no matter how long it takes. Your guide to SIFF 2011 2011-05-18T20:00:54Z And telling a good story extends to the opening credits sequence, which captures the series' mix of comedy, mystery and the characters' sense of poignant longing. Those magical "Only Murders in the Building" main titles – including each hidden Easter egg 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Ebert’s ear for a good story, riotously illustrated by his pieces on Lee Marvin and Robert Mitchum, is apparent throughout this book. Books of The Times: ?Life Itself? by Roger Ebert - Review 2011-09-22T21:53:06Z "It was a time when papers were spending a lot of money on stories and he happened to ride that wave. "He understood what made a good story and what was necessary to corroborate it. Max Clifford: The fallen king of spin 2014-04-28T14:09:34Z Still a good story though, don't you think? Cable girl: The Missing Years of Jesus 2010-12-28T08:00:02Z Blowing minds rather than, you know, telling a good story is the driving imperative in “Jurassic World,” which takes place on an island turned luxury resort where thousands enjoy a very special kind of eco-tourism. Review: In ‘Jurassic World,’ the Franchise Feeds the Beast 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z It was a good story already, she said. Pseudonym: On vision loss and hiding in plain sight from my high school classmates 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z I think it would be difficult to put together a good story if your main objective when you start is to promote an abstract point. Are children's books too materialistic? 2013-04-22T13:01:10Z Not so much good music as good stories? Foals on Holy Fire: 'We were inspired by voodoo' 2013-04-25T17:11:02Z Similarly, Alfred Hitchcock said that a good story was "life, with the dull parts taken out" and, while Samuel Beckett might disagree, dialogue follows the same pattern: it's human conversation without the ums and ahs. The unreal art of realistic dialogue 2010-03-18T10:54:00Z People are really interested in a good story.” A live exorcism will be performed on TV Friday. Here’s what to expect. 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z "I think the subject matter is something that is certainly on peoples' minds everywhere and it is just a good story with good characters," said co-creator Howard Gordon. Out with old, in with new in Golden Globe TV race 2011-12-15T20:19:32Z But it also triggered me to think about why art inspires so many good stories. The art of illusion 2011-04-06T16:36:37Z Call it, as Buni does, “the timeless desire for a good story well told.” (Re-)defining nonfiction, again 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z "What interests me most is a good story and good characterisation," he adds. Thieves opens Korean film event 2012-11-05T09:27:53Z If a good story is told well enough, you want to hear it again. Review: ‘The Ferryman’ Is a Tale That Keeps on Giving 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Maybe all religions progress that way, from wonder and joy and a very good story to arguing over minutiae like the specifics of transubstantiation. The Crazy History of “Star Wars” 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z But the film’s voiceover narration got in the way of what is a pretty good story. TIME?s Second Annual Oscar Endurance Test?Two Days, Nine Nominees, One Movie Theater: Part II 2012-02-26T18:44:03Z What makes a good story is knowing that Achilles had his heel and his hubris, along with his great strength. Ken Burns on his latest, "Muhammad Ali": "What's so interesting is what an avatar of love he was" 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z The truth is, I had never been to a protest before, and it sounded like a good story to tell at school on Monday. Steven Levenson: The First Time I Attended a Political Protest 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z “A good story, well told, can extend the space in which we are free,” the playwright writes in a program note. Review: Sexual Assault as Both History Lesson and Satire 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Disappearing into a good story also offered a chance to escape the self-doubt that often haunted him, despite the brash confidence he freely brandished. George S. Patton sailed off to save the world 75 years ago — and read these novels on the way 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Even when the food isn’t fabulous — he’s not a fan of Icelandic puffin — it makes a good story. Review | Stanley Tucci opens his recipe book and his heart in his tender memoir ‘Taste’ 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z It is a statement in behalf of the thing political journalists root for most — a good story. Despite the beatdown, reporters love the Trump beat 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z I like these people and would like to share in the communal pleasure, just as I like a good story and often feel I’m missing out. Dead women, killer ratings: “Game of Thrones,” “True Detective” and TV’s epidemic of violence against women 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z And in the end we’re left not with the sense that we saw a good story, but that we saw everything there was to see. Is the Mosaic app TV's natural next step or a gimmick too far? 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z But don’t for a second stint on the good snacks, or the good stories. The Wildly Funny Samantha Irby Is Back, Not a Moment Too Soon 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z And what does that legend need to have to make it a good story for you to feel like telling? Biz Markie was the "essence of hip-hop": Hailing the rapper who made us laugh as hip-hop turns 50 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z When dramatic works draw upon historical events, is their primary responsibility to tell a good story or to tell the truth? LBJ, MLK and “Selma”: Hollywood’s controversy and the search for historical truth 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z A good story has to have emotion, some laughter at some stage, you have to follow a character, and this character has to evolve. Are animals in Hollywood films too human? 2013-04-25T18:30:01Z It’s a good story and I wrap it up neatly. I left corporate life behind to live in a camper van. I am never going back 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z It made for a good story, even if it was best filed under fake news. How can you outrun Usain Bolt? Get yourself some buffalos 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Leave it to Major League Baseball to miss a good story when it sees one. Jim Bouton Was Baseball’s Misunderstood Evangelist 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Trump also seems to have an uncanny sense of the elements of a good story — conflict, money and sex — especially when he’s the subject. ‘Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success,’ by Michael D’Antonio 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Like a good story, the fry bar sustains your interest, urging you to keep eating. Review | Fish by José Andrés review: The area’s best seafood is now at MGM National Harbor 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z And it was pretty clear, given whom she loved, that she was a sucker for a good story. ‘Spalding Gray,’ the Color? It’s a Long Story 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z A good story, in the end, leaves you wanting more. “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Finale Recap: The Iron Throne 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Those are good stories but they were all very similar stories. LISTEN: Abortion comes of age on TV, from “Maude” to “Jane the Virgin” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The Golden Knights are a good story, too. Perspective | Stanley Cup Finals are a good story, no matter who wins 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Recognizing a good story, highly respected media outlets including NPR featured hopeful accounts of patients who saw nilotinib as a miracle drug. Twitter’s cautionary tale: Social media hype about diseases and treatments does patients no favors 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z “On a day we have posted a good story, I see the traffic increase two to four times a regular day,” Andrews says, though she declined to share exact numbers. Arts organizations are hiring pros to tell their stories His stage persona's rather more down to earth, but his set contains plenty of good stories and sharp writing. This week's new comedy 2011-07-22T23:07:43Z And you have to train yourself to be able to know or sense from reading, what is a good story and what makes a good character. Eddie Izzard: curious characters and Christmas wishes 2012-11-08T09:30:00Z Ok maybe that's a bit too lofty but still, it's a good story. Family reviews: a selection 2012-08-11T11:00:00Z These principles were referred to as craft, and distilled to what are now considered universal truths: A good story should be driven by character, not plot. For More Inclusive Writing, Look to How Writing Is Taught 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z But it’s literate and intelligent, and the play tells a good story. ArtsBeat: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Readers Respond to 'Other Desert Cities' and 'Earnest' 2011-01-17T13:00:25Z If the secret to telling a good joke is to tell it fast, what is the secret to telling a good story? Let’s all picture Stephen Tobolowsky in a beekeeper suit: “Lately, my wife and I have developed a fascination over honeybees” 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z A: I wanted to tell a good story ... Vicki Constantine Croke on special animal and human ties 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “He loves every good story he hears. And he loves other people’s good stories as much or more than his own.” Dean Baquet, from New Orleans reporter to executive editor of the New York Times This is a good story told poorly, as Fry tends to jump around in time and often repeat herself. World War II Seen by a Classicist, and Other New Books About Conflict 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z “Let’s just break the car, it would be a good story,” Tatum said. Hollywood’s Hill, Tatum ‘Jump’ into NASCAR action 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z What makes a good story and how do you tell it well? Amazon's "Vast of Night" is a Richard Linklater, sci-fi, "All the President's Men" thriller mash-up 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Mercifully, he’s a sucker for a good story, even when its relation to the stories before and after isn’t always apparent. The City of Angels, Viewed Through a Prism 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z Sometimes we look at these stories and we’re like, that’s not even a good story, but for some reason, this captivates people. ArtsBeat: Holy Terrors: A Conversation With the Creators of 'The Book of Mormon' 2011-02-16T16:23:16Z I think we told a good story, and it’s a story that has resonance. “You tell me that the riots are a good thing? F*ck you. Come to Baltimore and say that”: David Simon on police brutality, the legacy of “The Wire” and the future of American cities 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Max wrote in a review in The New York Times, “part literary parody, part case study of the slipperiness of narrative and the seduction of a good story.” Paul La Farge, Inventive Novelist, Is Dead at 52 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z It's understandable how the showrunners chose this as a new, and useful method, but I'd much rather rely on good story writing and solid acting, which there's no shortage of here. "The Flight Attendant" Season 2, Episode 6 recap: I will not be you 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z I found myself often leaning in, as if a friend were sitting in the same room, telling me a really good story. Jonathan Van Ness, Ali Wong and John Hodgman Walk Into a Bar … 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z "They are classic stories because they are very good stories," he said. AUDIO: 'Terror' of Brothers Grimm retold 2012-10-29T09:00:59Z But some good stories are just good stories. The Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2013 launches 2013-03-06T07:00:19Z “We have good timing, a good product and a good story.” The luxury-goods company Shinola is capitalizing on Detroit There is one famous best-selling thriller author — I won’t name him — who tells good stories, but his bumbling language drives me crazy and I can’t read him. John Sandford: By the Book 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z "My sense is if it's a good story, you're still going to find an audience for it," he said. CNBC tries reality TV after business hours 2013-03-04T21:13:14Z "The King's Speech" is old-fashioned filmmaking at its best: a good story, elegantly told, and a joy to watch. 'The King's Speech': A story ? royally told ? of a monarch who finds his voice 2010-12-23T21:27:50Z When theatergoers tell Ms. Headland that her attitude toward her generation reminds them of Neil LaBute, she said, “I take it as a compliment,” adding, “He thinks awful people deserve good stories too.” Leslye Headland?s Play Cycle of 7 Deadly Sins 2010-07-18T02:52:00Z Miss Cather has written a good story, we hasten to assure the reader who cares for good stories, but she has achieved something even finer. Review: ‘O Pioneers!’ by Willa Cather 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Fortunately, “Jane the Virgin” depicts such good stories that any one of its half-baked plots are better than many multi-episode arcs on other shows. ‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 2, Episode 17: Bachelorette Party 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z But being able to tell a good story is a time-honored bartending skill. On the ground at the battle for the world's best new rum cocktail 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Viv Albertine has a lot of good stories to tell in “Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys,” her new memoir. A Memoir by Viv Albertine, Punk Rocker 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z On the other hand, I find we have so many good stories from our culture. Venice festival honors Chinese director John Woo 2010-09-03T14:09:00Z As in any good story, there is conflict. In Pasadena, the $6-million Chinese stage show that was three years in the making: 'Memory 5D+' 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z "If it's a good story and it works and it's appropriate for that way of expression, of showing it, then it's OK." "Shrek", the Web, transform Tribeca Film Festival 2010-04-15T17:44:00Z It's nice to be recognized and praised by people who know good stories. How I started writing for TV: The case against "fake it til you make it" 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z They thought it was a good story and said we should go talk to some people. Tarell Alvin McCraney on life after 'Moonlight' and his play in L.A., 'Head of Passes' 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z My responsibility as an actor is to tell a good story and to play a good part. 'Hope has started to grow': Maxine Peake on Corbyn, people power and Peterloo’s radical legacy 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z I know it makes me a good story to make me an old boxer or something. Director John McTiernan prepares to appeal sentence 2010-10-07T00:50:00Z I'm not sure what 80s new jack swing legend Bobby Brown is doing locked in a plywood prison in Borehamwood, but at least we might get some good stories about where he's been. Celebrity Big Brother: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-08-19T23:07:07Z “It was a good story. It was a hell of a good story.” They risked their lives to rescue scores of people from the Nazis. Few knew their story until now. 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Tell me, I said, because it is a good story. At 91, John Cullum Is Ready to Try Something New 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z It’s useful only if it provides one with a good story and rich characters, and in this case I thought it offered me both. Salman Rushdie on Corruption and the Opioid Crisis 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z "It was about science, it was about human courage, it was about corporate greed. It to me just had all the elements of a really good story and it stuck with me," he said. 'Deepwater Horizon' makers say authenticity a priority for film 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z It reflects a pandemic of narcissism and never letting the facts get in the way of a good story. An Optimist’s Guide to Divorce 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z A good business requires a good story, so Walter set out to find one. How a history buff distilled the spirit of liberty 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Get some new rival choir members outside of Jesse into the mix, and while you're at it, dream up some good stories for them. Can Madonna get "Glee" into the groove? 2010-04-21T05:01:00Z Mr. Paterniti decided that not only he had found a good story but also that he had found a better, more honest way of life than his bland American existence, where cheeses don’t talk. Books of The Times: Michael Paterniti’s ‘Telling Room,’ Set in Rural Spain 2013-07-22T20:29:40Z Hopefully this leads to more longevity for the series, as more and more people catch on to the fact that it was an incredibly good story well told. Was "The Last Kingdom" better than "Game of Thrones"? 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z According to Will Butler, his college friend and longtime climbing buddy, he is also “wonderfully quirky, an absolutely bighearted individual,” a guy who never minds being the goofy center of a good story. The Gift of the Goat Sealed the Deal 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Some of those kids grew up to be film directors, who know a good story when they hear one, if not a good movie when they try to make one. Wrath of the Titans: The God-Fathers, Part II 2012-03-29T15:11:23Z Plus, it’s a good story to brag about at parties later on.” Field Notes: With This Torch, I Thee Weld a Ring 2012-01-05T23:06:01Z So this dark episode served as the seed of a good story, but I was also able to use it to gesture to deeper themes of family and community, loyalty and betrayal, love and redemption. “How accidentally a fate is made”: Ed Tarkington on love and its complications, the toll of mental and physical illness — and how dark episodes become the seeds of story 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Supposing there's a point to the film, it might be to not let facts get in the way of a good story. 'Girl on the Train' goes off the rails in film noir journey 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z For me, the qualifying factors of a good story — captivating narrative, challenging, insightful perspective and credible, complicated characters — can come in many forms. Amanda Knox: By the Book 2013-05-07T18:24:20Z Before 2001, being selected as the designated survivor was a bit of lark, a good story to share after the fact. The truth behind the ‘designated survivor,’ the president of the post-apocalypse 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Action is fine, but too much and you lose a good story. Why Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass Couldn’t Quit Jason Bourne 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Ms. DioGuardi wasn’t bitter about the switch; it made a good story. | Kara DioGuardi: Kara DioGuardi of ?American Idol? in Atlantic City Show 2010-04-11T22:08:00Z Figuring out what reporter has a good story or what editor has a good angle or what reporter and editor combination can come up with something cool is paramount to us. Alton Brown is wrong, listen to The New York Times’ Sam Sifton & stop brining your Thanksgiving... 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z It’s a casual and sly sportswriter’s memoir, albeit with a few egregious missteps that I’ll get to, one of those books that reminds you that good stories happen only to people who can tell them. Books of The Times: ‘His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir,’ by Dan Jenkins 2014-03-04T20:04:03Z Regardless of their medium of origin, these are just good stories. Comics: 'Cowboys and Aliens' ? a tale about concept 2011-07-27T17:48:45Z Before, I was just working on my craft and trying to write a good story. Phil Klay on His Iraq War Book 'Redeployment' 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z “Serial” lured us in with the promise of a good story—a murder mystery given the “This American Life” treatment, but over an entire season, like an HBO drama. What “Serial” Really Taught Us 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z But I do think it’s a good story. ‘Pistol’ Tells Steve Jones’s Story. With a Touch of Showbiz. 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z "There's a responsibility, I believe, to the audience, because they're paying money, and to tell a good story," he said. In fact-based films, how much fiction is OK? 2013-02-19T20:53:09Z They are unexpected because there is now a huge, competitive and international effort to deliver research, so good stories arrive daily, by the bucketful. The Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2013 launches 2013-03-06T07:00:19Z But like most musicals that click, they also tend to tell a good story. ‘These Streets’: guts and glory, but little story 2013-02-27T22:58:32Z Jacob’s efforts in the novel are ultimately a kind of referendum on the fleeting power of any good story, however important. Loss haunts the gay Arab San Franciscan at the heart of Rabih Alameddine's new novel, 'Angel of History' 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Artists in Crime is a good story of murder among a collection of painters. Agatha Christie: why I got fed up with Poirot 2012-09-28T21:55:06Z So it's possible to be creative, to tell a good story, to respect people. "Burn It Down" or stick around? How TV and movie fans "can be in the fight" to make Hollywood better 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z To be truly spellbound by a good story is a rare treat. 'The Tiger's Wife': tales of kindness, brutality, superstition and faith in a Yugoslavian homeland 2011-03-10T01:56:36Z "From a screenwriting point of view, a lead character who is trapped and breaking and finding themselves is always a good story to tell because the characters are relatable," he said. Social alienation proves popular in Hollywood's fall lineup 2013-10-23T13:02:18Z Morrison tells a good story, without excess or indulgence, and with touching empathy for his heroine. The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev by Simon Morrison – review 2013-03-30T08:59:01Z Except, as with all good stories, there’s more to the story than that. With His Fourth Book, Charles Yu Finally Feels Like a Writer 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The good story is that I was turning 30, and my husband bought me a comedy class. Talking with Dena Blizzard: How She Became ‘One Funny Mother’ 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z For the second series, available to stream this week, Judge has switched to funk – a genre hardly lacking in good stories. People opened up because I'm the Beavis and Butt-head guy': Mike Judge on his new funk direction 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z “Honestly it was a good story from the beginning to the end. The birthday was not spoiled because of the mistake on the logo,” she said via email. 8-year-old Toronto Maple Leafs fan wants hockey-themed birthday cake, gets bologna company's logo instead 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z We want a good story with interesting human interactions too. Why Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass Couldn’t Quit Jason Bourne 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z First, it is hard to write a good story. "Star Wars" insider Bill Slavicsek on how "The Mandalorian" has redeemed the universe 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z Would this be a good story for my solo show? Jar Jar Binks actor 'considered suicide' after Star Wars prequel backlash 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z It's a good story, but it's not true. Dustin Hoffman: facing down my demons 2012-12-14T23:00:18Z If your child is into facts about pygmy hippos then this would be a winner; if your child likes a good story then no, this isn't that interesting. Family reviews: a selection 2012-08-18T11:00:00Z I’m doing my job, singing and telling stories — and they’re good stories. Kaizers Orchestra at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2013-05-15T21:11:40Z I’ll act embarrassed but it’s always a good story to share. Experience: I saved my school bus from crashing 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z “All good stories,” Powers writes, “kill you a little. They turn you into something you weren’t.” Review | The most exciting novel about trees you’ll ever read 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z This is a landscape which, like the bumblebee foraging for nectar, draws those in search of a good story. Country diary: Wenlock Edge: A festival of ale, honeysuckle shadows and ancient tales 2012-07-24T19:59:01Z Mr. Goldberg added, “We have a running thing, which is, if it’s part of the story and it’s a good story, we just go for it.” ‘Preacher’: Hellfire, Brimstone and the Perverse 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Wiry and intense, Mr. Keegan-Dolan, 50, tells a good story both onstage and off. A ‘Swan Lake’ About Ireland, Where Myth Meets the Mundane 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Coming back with a good story is my thing, I said. Bradley Cooper Is Not Really Into This Profile 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z "He was a great character, a good story teller, very charming and full of humour, and was well loved and respected in the film industry," said his family. Top UK stunt man Terry Richards dies 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z A good story can evoke real emotions, but it can’t replace them. Can Daniel Kitson Redefine the Relationship Between Comic and Audience? 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z So, without further ado, here are a few suggestions for the next time the Shuffle Music option has lost its luster and you want a good story. 8 Podcasts That Will Captivate Your Mind 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z By the end of the book you care for characters and wonder what will happen to them-a sign of a good story. Tips, links and suggestions: What are you reading this week? 2013-06-24T16:21:18Z And it was a good story, made even better when I woke up in recovery and was informed that the plastic bag with my appendix had indeed been found inside me. Doctors lost an organ inside of me (and I feel fine) 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z I guess it’s a good story, except for the part where my father never served in Vietnam, and most of her kids were born long after the war’s end. My father’s double life 2014-03-24T23:07:00Z "There will be some with super power, and there will be some that are just good stories of people doing good things," he said. Stan Lee dreams up new heroes for the Web 2011-11-17T19:13:22Z I think with a good story you have a question in the back of your mind and the storyteller knows how to create an irresolution or imbalance that you are waiting to experience. Amazon's "Vast of Night" is a Richard Linklater, sci-fi, "All the President's Men" thriller mash-up 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z “There Goes Gravity” is her attempt to put her busy life into context, to tell some good stories, to speak about being a rare female journalist in rock’s early period. Books of The Times: Lisa Robinson’s Rock ’n’ Roll Life in ‘There Goes Gravity’ 2014-04-29T20:48:45Z Mark Twain's quote, "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story," comes to mind watching "Vengeance," B.J. In crime comedy "Vengeance," B.J. Novak dares to mess with Texas while also skewering all the rest 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Dashing and cleverly imagined, it is a mystery wrapped in a hoax, part literary parody, part case study of the slipperiness of narrative and the seduction of a good story. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z For a few hours, anyway, it was a good story. The Curious Case of Kanye West's 'Stolen' Laptop 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z He added, “Of course, you also need a good story and good songs.” In Singapore, Musical Theater That Prefers Its Own Local Flavor 2010-05-24T12:00:00Z "But seriously ... nothing appeals to young people or even older people as much as a good story and good music, so we're gonna put them both together." Ne-Yo unveils team up with Stan Lee 2010-10-12T12:13:00Z “What unites people?” he asks “Armies? Gold? Flags? Stories. There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story . . . and who has a better story than Bran the Broken.” "Game of Thrones" recap: The Iron Throne apparently goes to the person with the best story 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z It really is about how we come together and get around the fire and tell a really good story. "And Just Like That" star Karen Pittman on the "sexy" missed opportunity of Nya romancing Miranda 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z In an interview, Joy Williams once said, “What good stories deal with is the horror and incomprehensibility of time, the dark encroachment of old catastrophes.” This Week in Fiction: Karen Russell on Balancing Humor and Horror 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z It's a good story, the one of science, with some big questions to answer. The Story of Science 2010-04-28T07:00:00Z Character, however, they tell you–especially in fiction–is the key to a good story. Dungeons and Dragons: My dorky literary muse 2012-12-08T16:00:00Z Because when I write a good story, we can better understand one another. The Underground Worlds of Haruki Murakami 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z “It’s a good story to say that what was created at Nellcôte was a result of the incredibly decadent atmosphere,” Mr. Jagger said. Music: Revisiting ?Main St.,? Rethinking the Myth 2010-05-20T03:39:00Z When I quit the CIA, I knew I wanted to tell a good story. CIA agent turned comics writer Tom King on making art in the era of Trump's "absurdity" 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z “All of which would be a good story if the record I purchased had been something more inspiring and enduring than ‘Volunteers’ by Jefferson Airplane.” Elvis Costello has a new memoir, and it's even better than Bob Dylan and Keith Richards's books 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z “So I threw on my best tux, got a haircut and hopefully end up with a good story to tell the grandchildren,” Mr. Greenblatt said. Wedding Crashers Just Want to Have Some Fun 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z It doesn't have to be a forever story to be a good story. How to survive—and thrive—in "The Heartbreak Years" 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z I’ve heard from thousands of women and some of them tell me very good stories about what has changed. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z It's unfortunate, for there are a lot of good stories in this collection: moving, disturbing and in between. Stephen King's 'Bazaar of Bad Dreams' pulls us in and then out 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z AuCoin volunteers only that he appears in five episodes and “I have a good story line, and an interesting relationship with major characters.” Supporting character: Washington-raised actor in two top D.C. series 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Those books were not afraid to let teenagers know that good sex can also be a good story. In Y.A., Where Has All the Good Sex Gone? 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Even so, it’s a good story, one that reveals the complicated history of the post-bellum South, a world that included brave freedmen, occasionally sympathetic white men and genuine commitment to law and order. Puncturing the Allure of Robert E. Lee, and Other Civil War-Era Histories 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z “Every good story is about who we are and our struggle to define ourselves,” Masterson said. L.A. Film Festival kicks off with sci-fi thriller 'Snowpiercer' 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z “No better place to hear good stories,” he says. Mat Kearney 2011-03-09T15:50:03.973Z I think people are focusing on telling good stories. "Lovecraft Country" star: "It's a shame that men and women are being accosted and lynched" today 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z They make their share of jokes but are also comfortable going without punch lines if they stumble on a good story or are working through an idea. In ‘2 Dope Queens’ a Duo Muses Over Life, and Stanley Tucci 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z And in essence, this is a good story. Barack Obama and Bryan Cranston on the Roles of a Lifetime 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z They appear to be more concerned with mental anguish than with telling a good story with good characters. In Defense of Jane Austen. Also Zebras. 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece is a very good story about the effects of an act of terrorism on a family. My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher ? review 2011-03-16T14:09:20Z Yet the creators also showed a strong command of that flash and grandeur, using it to frame a good story. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 1, Episode 8: Ramble On 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z “It’s the first proper biography of her, and there’s a lot to unpack. This is a good story well-told.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Paul tells two good stories, the first about struggling to understand Shakespeare at Northwestern while everyone around him cruised through the verse. Impossible dream: young director brings musicals to Shakespeare Co. 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z In time, that change may make a very good story. Summer Book Club: You may have finished the books, but the challenge continues 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z “Nobody had good stories about him,” she said, adding that the behavior described in the article was not uncommon in the industry. 'We're all complicit': Were the Harvey Weinstein allegations an open secret? 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z CS: Some of the bad stories we tell ourselves begin as good stories. Why Is the Greatest Love of All Also the Hardest? 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z I grew up in a family where “Never let the facts get in the way of a good story!” was practically our motto. Ask Amy: Ex won’t communicate for the sake of the kids 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z At that point, an old friend of ours, Sasha Frere-Jones, was online and said, “It’s a good story — tell it! Tell it!” Joshua Clover on his accidental hit Twitter tale #HowIQuitSpin: “I literally believed it would be the two of them reading it” 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z “I go wherever the good story is,” Ms. Garner said recently. Julia Garner Is the Tough but Tender Heart of ‘Ozark’ 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z “It’s a good story,” she said, dismissing me. William Goldman’s Strange, Sad, Captivating Children’s Book About a Girl and Her Blanket 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z As Scientologists, we always figured he stretched the truth a little — to make a good story a little bit better — but we thought most of his reportedly grandiose and holy life was true. HGTV: Winning the war for gay marriage 2012-05-17T16:00:00Z They were no longer the preserve of the chattering classes; they were for everybody who enjoyed a good story and wanted to talk about it. What a performance 2010-07-30T23:05:00Z And he said everybody has at least one good story in them that they can pull out.” Linda Ronstadt Discusses Her Memoir and Parkinson’s 2013-08-28T15:53:56Z I imagine there will be some good stories about El Lay back in the day. Datebook: The art of historic graphs, women of the '90s and a Coachella painter goes solo 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Anne Fine definitely knows how to weave a good story. The Devil Walks by Anne Fine - review 2013-03-09T15:00:00Z Wallace Hall, tucked beneath this landmark church’s main level, will house more than 30 exhibitors specializing in objects and art that are unique, charming and often come with a good story. 18 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z “We’re always looking for a good story to tell that becomes better if you put an audience in the middle of it,” Wright said. In This ‘Wolf of Wall Street,’ You’re Part of the Debauchery 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z So don't pooh-pooh the humble comic book, I still believe that the absorption of such things at a tender age furnished me with an appreciation of good stories, lively dialogue and humour. Penelope Bush's top 10 teen twin books 2013-03-28T16:29:47Z There are some good stories on the Amazon Singles list, but the length doesn’t appear to put new possibilities into novelists’ hands. Critic's Notebook: Kindle Singles, Genre Between Magazine Articles and Books 2012-03-06T13:00:00Z It’s true that Irving was nowhere near the Hudson Valley when he created his famous Dutch tales, but that doesn’t get in the way of a good story. Discover what drew artists, writers and presidents to New York’s Hudson Valley 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z How do we reconcile the frisson of ruthlessness we feel when we’re on to a good story with the fact that there are other people involved in that story? A Son Looks Back on Life With an Irascible and Beloved Mother 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Everything else aside, it’s a really good story, right? In the Fall of Saigon, Lessons for Today 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z “It’s a good story,” says our narrator, a battered-looking fellow carrying a suitcase who confides that he has been singing this story through the ages: in Mycenae, in Babylon, in Gaul. Theater Review: ?An Iliad? at New York Theater Workshop 2012-03-08T03:00:16Z Yet Patron also knows how to tell a good story, and readers will finish "Lucky For Good" wishing that it wasn't the end of the series. Penderwicks, Lucky, Liesl and Po star in great new youth novels 2011-11-13T00:20:25Z We try to tell a very good story, whether or not you’re a ‘Game of Thrones’ fan.” Sex! Savagery! Singing! It's 'Game of Thrones' as musical parody 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z “The film tells a very good story about the elevation of the Caribbean region and Caribbean identity through both music and sports,” he said. When Cricket Was a Symbol, Not Just a Sport 2011-07-17T02:00:06Z “I’m just looking for a good story,” he says. It’s Delightful, It’s Delicious, It’s DeVito 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Wishing you all a spring and summer full of art and laughter and good stories and unexpected poetry, until we meet again in these pages. Moira Macdonald says goodbye — temporarily 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z I found humor in my heaviest anxieties about parenting, and rediscovered my appreciation for a good story. How the "My Favorite Murder" podcast solved my writer's block 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z At the very least, it’s a good story. Her 300-year-old instrument was in perfect condition. Had it been interred? 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z But it’s a good story, and Ingres couldn’t resist it in his painting the Death of Leonardo. How to unlock your inner Leonardo da Vinci 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z It should be restated that any quibbles about dated references are small when compared with the overall reward of reading a gripping, good story. Review | What Stephen King gets right — and wrong — in ‘The Outsider’ 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z This is the first proper biography of this important poet, essayist and feminist, and it’s a good story well told. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z We both were just interested in that time period in Japan and thought it would make a really good story that's entertaining, but also delves into some deeper issues. "Blue Eye Samurai" cuts through multiracial shame, what it is "to be ostracized from both sides" 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z No good story begins with a tweet — or, good lord, an abandoned one — but bear with me. Is Bally More Interesting Than Gucci? Depends Who’s Tweeting 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Tall and slim, with a muscular rocker's build, the artist, 54, is the kind of guy who knows how to tell a good story. Lowrider bikes as activist tools: General Dogon's rolling art works are part of Skid Row history 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z He tells a good story, or a string of them spanning the centuries. The Undiscovered Country: Journeys Among the Dead by Carl Watkins – review 2013-01-06T00:06:53Z I hope to come back with some great and exotic luggage labels, and cracking good stories. A Q&A with actor and musician Hugh Laurie 2012-05-30T22:52:06Z Hmmm, this book looks too easy and young for me, I'm not sure whether there will be a good story anyway. A Medal for Leroy by Michael Morpurgo - review 2013-02-05T09:00:00Z He also loved show, and a good story. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z But fortunately for history, the third, Sander Vanocur of NBC News, didn’t feel so constrained, or couldn’t keep a good story to himself. Robert F. Kennedy’s final flight: The storied journey of the ride from California to New York 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z “We did know a wedding would be a good story line for the last episode. But the real story of the episode is Danny and Mindy.” Mindy Kaling talks 'Mindy Project' finale: 'The last five minutes are incredible' 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z There has been no shortage of good stories on the Chatsworth estate. How Shameless stars came of age on West End stage 2011-04-09T23:06:27Z In any case, Mr. Affleck said the escape made a good story, and so did the C.I.A.’s ruse, that the six were Canadians scouting locations for a movie. ‘Argo,’ as Seen by the Iran Hostage Crisis Survivors 2012-10-16T16:33:06Z There’s a good story on The Atlantic’s web site today that talks about how Las Vegas, with its outsize housing crisis and undiversified economy, is like a more extreme version of America in general. Houston is not cool 2012-07-30T20:15:00Z You could tell me a story about your uncle's girlfriend and I'd love it if it was a good story. Sharon Horgan: 'There is a black streak in everything I've done' 2012-12-16T00:05:12Z After the meeting, he wrote down what had been said and what the scene felt like — he knew it was a good story. Obama, the Best-Selling Author, on Reading, Writing and Radical Empathy 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z You feel like, I put the story out in the world and it is a good story. The real-life “Modern Love” author whose love life Amazon dramatized speaks out 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z "When somebody like that says that there is a good story, then you better listen," said Egan. 'The Frank Morgan Story' sounds like a fine fit at L.A. Film Festival 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Like "The Avengers," the sequel had a good story at its core: Iron Man and the Hulk created a robot intended to protect the human race that winds up nearly destroying the planet. What's the legacy of The Infinity Saga? 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z “For me all good stories are about awareness,” Mr. Hanson told the London Guardian at the time. Curtis Hanson, director of crime drama ‘L.A. Confidential,’ dies at 71 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z “Obviously, there was a lot to learn. But I think, for me as a writer, I’m so guided by instinct and I am drawn to a really good story,” Hall says. Tonywatch: Playwright Katori Hall ‘reaching for humanity’ 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Like any good story, you need an inciting incident. Felicity Huffman on American Crime: 'Now Is the Golden Age of Television' 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z “A good story gives you more of a license to be forward and progressive with the music,” Hunt says of his craft. Another country: Sam Hunt maps out Nashville’s bold new future And like any good story of boy adventurers, the hero begins in isolation, is brought into the community and finally becomes an actor, even a leader along the arc of his coming of age. Book review: ‘The Secret Wisdom of the Earth’ 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z These are good stories about people that don’t get told. “I’m the parent who wants their kids to have sex”: Mary Louise Parker talks poetry, nudity, one-night stands and her brilliant new book 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z A screenwriter, Alex knows a good story in the making when she sees one. Date Lab: We set a straight woman up with a gay woman. (Not on purpose, though.) 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The purpose of my books is hopefully to tell a really good story in a good way and to maybe give people some information that they didn't have. Author Don Winslow: Trump's administration feels like it's "manifested itself" as the coronavirus 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z In all those cases, I am just looking for a good story. Netflix's "Cheer" director: Cheerleaders are "the toughest athletes I’ve ever filmed" 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Still, over a half century, Ms. Sheehy never lost her appetite for chasing a good story. Gail Sheehy, Journalist, Author and Social Observer, Dies at 83 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story. | Q. & A.: An Interview With Steven Spielberg 2011-12-20T17:07:39Z South spent some time thinking about putting up his queen, but — eventually — didn’t ruin a good story when he played low. Bridge: Mark Itabashi Wins Fishbein Trophy in Atlanta 2013-08-18T22:30:10Z We thought only that it was a good story, worth telling — and, well, why not. I’m in ‘Spotlight’, but it’s not really about me. It’s about the power of journalism. 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z "Children will switch off if they are lectured," he continued, "but tell them a good story with characters they can relate to and you're halfway there." Sharon Dogar fights back over 'sexed up' Anne Frank novel 2010-06-22T10:38:00Z It is a cracking good story and Seidler deserves credit for seeing its dramatic potential. The King's Speech on stage ? review 2012-02-10T23:00:36Z Why let the truth get in the way of a good story! Danny DeVito: I still miss my father 2012-06-15T23:05:18Z "It's hard sometimes because I can't represent everyone. And, you know, we try to tell a good story," he explains. "Reservation Dogs" creator on evolving the show's representation & storytelling: "It's not finished" 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z But a good story is never compromised by strict adherence to the facts. You can be a wine snob too! 2013-01-02T12:45:00Z Everyone wants a good story, with both narrative and emotional suspense. When Covid struck the Wolitzers, Meg and Hilma bonded by creating a book. Let them tell you about it. 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Six years later I'm telling a good story. CIA agent turned comics writer Tom King on making art in the era of Trump's "absurdity" 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z From the day he took over as editor of the paper in the 1960s, he would prowl the fifth-floor newsroom looking for the action, or who had the good story or the latest gossip. The Ben Bradlee we knew: Friend, fierce editor and a truth-seeker above all "It has a good story. It was discovered by a 12-year-old schoolboy," he added in an interview. World's rarest stamp could fetch record auction price of $20 mln 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z To her, it was just a good story: the victim was a beautiful young woman; the accused were “two little lovebirds,” as Raffaele Sollecito’s lawyer called them. Between Journalist and Advocate: The Amanda Knox Case 2011-10-07T23:33:56Z So to write this play was more than just trying to find a good story, more than locating a controversial subject or cultural reference. The Biting Point: Southall 30 years on 2011-02-21T16:31:55Z Lately it is starting to seem a truth universally acknowledged that any fashion brand in possession of a good story must be in want of a documentary. The Truth About Olivier Rousteing 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s so rich, and it’s such a good story. Championing Black Artists, at Home and in the Spotlight 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z And while the veneer of sequins, hip-shaking and camp tomfoolery often draws audiences in, it's a good story that keeps them there. Eurovision Crowns a German Pop Idol 2010-05-30T08:20:00Z Like most born raconteurs, he never lets facts spoil a good story, hence the criticism levelled at the first five chapters, which are apparently full of historical howlers, wrong dates, different emperors, etc. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice – review 2012-06-22T21:55:11Z There is nothing as satisfying as a really good story to get your teeth into! How ‘The Alienist’ Finally Found a Screen 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z BC: I’m just interested in telling good stories. Barack Obama and Bryan Cranston on the Roles of a Lifetime 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z There are too many good stories all around me — some of them flying from branch to branch. How Jeff VanderMeer Prevents Writer’s Block 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Most of my reading was genre fiction, a lot of paperbacks, anything that had a good story. The Visionaries: How Quentin Tarantino Concocted a Genre of His Own 2012-12-19T13:00:00Z The action is never contrived to assume the shape imposed by the demands of a good story. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z It’s a good story: Four decades ago, our pregnant mothers met in maternity class, and we were born a week apart. Brew and beach time warm the soul in Delaware’s Dogfishland 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z We have to deal with that a lot in journalism, too -- what do we do because it’s a good story and what do we do because it’s just what people love clicking on? Earl Sweatshirt on balance, tour simulators, 'fighting the right fight' 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z As remakes go, this "Brighton Rock" is probably unnecessary, but it's a well- acted, stylishly filmed thriller and a good story well told. A stylish remake of 'Brighton Rock' 2011-09-29T20:00:05Z I think being an actress is a good story for that because of the pressures of the job, but the film is more about the humor and getting older than about the industry. “You can’t make up the viciousness of Hollywood”: Zoe Cassavetes skewers the family industry and how it treats women over 40 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z “It’s not intentional on my part. I just think that good stories are stories that reflect ourselves back at us, and each other.” Elisabeth Moss on The Handmaid’s Tale: 'It is a feminist story' 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z I want to know if it’s a good story and do I want to make it. Bale and Damon go into overdrive for ‘Ford v Ferrari’ 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z I am tired of Hollywood tarting up a good story with such predictable moves and a patina of international locations and intellectualism. ‘Blackhat,’ a Cyberthriller Starring Chris Hemsworth 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z It is a good story which has an ingenious and atmospheric plot with good characterisation and rich knowledge of Roman ways and customs. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z Once in a while, it happened: a really good story captures you so thoroughly that you forget the format it comes in. Motherlode Blog: Putting Down the iPad So My Kids Can See Me Read 2011-10-12T16:43:52Z “They all end up either dead or in prison. So, there’s no good stories there. He got his end, and it was not — not good.” Dylan McDermott reinvents modern gangster on ‘Law & Order’ 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z “He seemed like a really adventurous guy who likes to tell good stories,” Ally told me. She was kind of yawning at the end of the blind date 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z These are truly good stories, full of emotion and energy. Shining short fiction collections by Dana Johnson and Anne Raeff 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Almost all good stories address change in some way or another and that might, subtly, be just as reassuring. Can you suggest any moving house books for a worried seven-year-old? 2012-05-28T16:29:43Z At the very least, it makes for a good story. Vivid vulvas and colossal carrots: what I learned from my night at a sex workshop 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z “I got some great feedback, some good stories, and I got to say I didn’t let the intimidation factor get the better of me.” Inside a Master Class: Breathe, Punctuate, Forget Led Zeppelin 2011-07-21T20:24:06Z What matters is good stories, and overall, I think the trend toward more-serial dramas has been good for them, for a few reasons: * It’s true that a TV series is not a novel. Serial Killers: Are HBO-Style Dramas Ruining the TV Episode? 2012-02-21T15:40:59Z Some people have queued up for hours for the chance to sit under the stars and hear a really good story, told in poetry that sings. ‘King Lear’ in the Park, Starring John Lithgow 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z "Because a song, especially if it's got a good story and something I can connect with emotionally, will just stick around in my head and I won't be able to get rid of it." Time after time, jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson continues to surprise 2010-05-26T23:22:00Z But, he added, “While historians must stick to the facts, dramatists need to tell a good story in good time. It also helps if they can explore the human condition in the process.” Who cares if ‘Selma,’ ‘Imitation Game’ bend truth? Not Oscar 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z “I always wanted to write fiction, and though journalism wasn’t a detour, the first intention was always to write good stories.” A War Reporter Finds Refuge by Switching to Fiction 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z What happens, to borrow from Gordon’s linguistic playbook, is that a good story gets hopelessly drowned. ‘There Your Heart Lies,’ by Mary Gordon, plunges into the Spanish Civil War 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z It tells a good story before the proper video is released. Lyric videos become strong way to promote music 2013-02-06T14:15:14Z The Coen brother's Western was one of the holiday movie season's pleasant surprises; a smart, elegant period piece with a good story to tell, and that introduced us to a major young talent. Oscar countdown: "True Grit" 2011-02-24T18:47:05Z Easily inhabiting each man, Mr. Smith shows what a good actor he can be and reminds us what a good story he has to tell. | 'Juan and John': 40 Years Later, and Still Feeling the Sting From a Smack in the Batter?s Box 2009-12-17T06:01:00Z "There are a lot of good stories about people overcoming obstacles. I don't think I need to add any more." Giant Sparrow's 'Edith Finch' unveils a life-and-death game with no guns 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z "Everyone is searching for a good story, everyone is searching for new directors, and there is no doubt that this region is rich in talent," he said. Sarajevo becomes biggest regional film market 2010-07-30T18:27:00Z "That sounds like a pretty good story to me." WikiLeaks documentary: 'Julian Assange wanted $1m' 2013-07-09T18:00:04Z She said both Talese and Rolling Stone “engaged in sensationalism in these accounts, falling for a good story, a sellable story, over a true story.” Gay Talese and Rolling Stone trusted their sources. Then we lost trust in them. 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z When she asked the producers why they did that, Lindsay said, one replied, “We thought it would be a good story line.” Analysis | Secrets from the ‘Bachelor’ franchise are spilling out, and they could change the show’s future 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z I abide by the Writer’s Manifesto, after all: A good story is better than a good time. Dominatrix for a day 2012-11-04T01:00:00Z In between his explications of Stevens’s poetry, Mariani does tell a few good stories. Who was Wallace Stevens? A new biography looks at the man and his work. 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z On the radio, who cares who is speaking as long as they’re telling a good story? The next “Serial” could be way less white: A new wave of multicultural podcasts amplifies a tide of break-out voices 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z It may not help at the time, but if you are a victim, remember that your loss will make for a good story when you get home. Pickpocketed in Paris: Travel guru Rick Steves learns a lesson 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z That the Roitfeld-Alt rivalry made for a good story, she agreed, as it played into all the Machiavellian things you hear about the terribly competitive editors at Vogue and Condé Nast. The 9 Lives of Carine Roitfeld 2011-12-21T22:53:02Z “He has the ability to tell a good story with humor and never assumes that ‘untouchable’ status that some authors seem to have. Early Cormac McCarthy Interviews Rediscovered 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z “It’s plausible,” says the writer, “though the math is a stretch, and my mother always did like a good story.” For Crime Novelist Lou Berney, a Winding Path Led to ‘November Road’ 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z From bad times, they say, come good stories. Don’t make these travel mistakes: 7 writers share stories about blunders on the road 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s also a good story, if slightly padded at 90 minutes. Review | Alexander Strain finds the bright side in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z This time, they believe they have a good story to tell. Payments app Zelle begins refunds for imposter scams after Washington pressure 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z We show up for good stories, and we want to be in them. The lack of Latino representation in film is deeper than negligence. It's intentional exclusion 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z “Right now, it’s impossible for it to tell a good story,” said Paul Trillo, another filmmaker. At an AI film fest, a glimpse of movie-making's contentious future 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Richard Powers, the novelist, said: “The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s point of view. The only thing that can do that is a good story.” Ken Burns looks at history through the eyes of its national mammal in 'The American Buffalo' 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z "I think Germany has a really good story to tell on nuclear fusion," says Dr Arthur Turrell, author of The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet. Can German engineering solve the challenges of fusion? 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z If you are a hip-hop head who's drawn to lyrics, and wants to hear a good story and feel something, she's amazing. Hip-hop: Eve on five female MCs who changed the genre 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z To quote Mark Twain: "Never let truth get in the way of a good story." Hasan Minhaj and the New Yorker: Who decided comedy needed fact-checking? 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z “That’s a good story, but I don’t think it’s true,” Kaiser says. Why celebrities from Will Smith to Weezer turn to local VFX creators to juice their social media 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z There are a number of really good stories about embarrassment. Do animals feel shame or are they faking it? An expert unmasks what dogs and cats may really feel 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z The troupe’s Sept. 16-17 performances will feature original plays, poetry and musical interludes playfully examining the life and times of Jules Maes, who reportedly never let truth get in the way of a good story. Sudsy stories flow dramatically from this once-rowdy Georgetown saloon 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z It takes a while for people to catch up to economic good news and Biden has a good story to tell on that front. An antidote to "Democratic panic syndrome" 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z There’s that great saying, ‘Don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story.’ The 20 movies we're most excited about this fall 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z While the TV industry now says it is seeking new ideas, many good stories were being lost, she added. Meera Syal says she worries diversity on TV is just 'window dressing' 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z I’m hungry to tell good stories, complex stories and original stories. Why 'Succession' and 'The Menu' director Mark Mylod's focus on wealth is personal 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z As for a false flag, well that's just another case of not letting the facts get in the way of a good story. The Jan. 6 Trump indictment is traumatic — and cathartic: We may be free of him at last 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z |
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