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It was a blast to have Angie Kim on the show talking about her now-in-paperback legal mystery MIRACLE CREEK, and rich and compelling, Edgar-award winning book that touches on themes of motherhood, special needs kids, and immigration, as well as a sweeping legal drama and mystery. Her writing is informed by dual backgrounds in law (including an overlap with Obama at Harvard Law School) and theater (“method writing” and first person explorations of character). We talk about revision, especially precision editing, or cutting, which Kim embraces enthusiastically. Lots of juicy insights into the logic of thrillers. Kim didn’t know for a year into drafting who’d done it, going back in to layer suspects, motives, and red herrings. Other topics include rhythmic homage, confessing to the reader, writing comedy (other Angie), and the advantages and importance of getting your voice out via short pieces. After a whirlwind 2-year tour for the hardback and now a virtual paperback tour (and we compare both modes), Angie Kim is diving back into her second novel this week! You can get a signed paperback of MIRACLE CREEK from her local indie, Scrawl in Reston, VA now.
Story Makers is a podcast that features in-depth conversations with accomplished writers, filmmakers and industry experts about story craft, technique, habit and survival–everything you need to know to stay inspired, connect to your creativity, find others’ wonderful stories and your own success.
The hosts:
Elizabeth Stark is a published, agented novelist and distributed filmmaker who teaches and mentors writers at BookWritingWorld.com.
Angie Powers is a distributed filmmaker and published short story writer with an MFA in creative writing and a certificate in screenwriting from UCLA who teaches story structure at BookWritingWorld.com.