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Day 2: Short Story Marathon
by Robert J. McCarter on
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Busy day with work and life, so writing was slower as expected. Started with a line that came to me when I was going to sleep last night ("I was six the first time I wished I was an android.") and got about two-thirds of the way through the story. I had been working on an android...
Day 1: Short Story Marathon
by Robert J. McCarter on
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story-marathon,
writing
Wow! I think I really wanted to do this thing. Up too early and lots of writing. I grabbed a story start for something I really wanted to write and in a morning session, evening session, and during a few breaks wrote 4,000 pretty clean words and made it to the end of the story.
A Short Story Writing Marathon: The Plan
by Robert J. McCarter on
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writing
I've been writing seriously and regularly since 2009. I started running in 2015 and it has given me great perspective on writing. You see, writing is a subjective art, running is a measurable, quantifiable sport. Applying the lesson...
A Short Story Writing Marathon: Introduction
by Robert J. McCarter on
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runwrite,
story-marathon,
writing
I've been writing seriously and regularly since 2009. I started running in 2015 and it has given me great perspective on writing. You see, writing is a subjective art, running is a measurable, quantifiable sport. Applying the lesson...
Dragons!
As I usually do when submitting to anthologies, I came at the subject of dragons from an unusual angle. "Dragon Years" is the story of an old man reflecting on a long life and the amazing creature he discovered in the forest of North Korea while MIA in 1952. It's a story about li...