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Revision #1: Location

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The Search for Ink and Stories

Earlier this week I finished my first short story for December. So now I’m in the lead. 1-0. The short story I finished was based on “The Young Man with the Carnation” by Isak Dinesen in “The Winter’s Tales.” Check it out if you haven’t read the collection already. Last night I made a list …

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Grow as a Writer

Today I found seven old short stories and reread them. It was interesting to see my growth from fall 2009 to fall 2010. I cringed at one I wrote in fall 2009. Never will I mention that story again except as an example of how not to write a short story. And I noticed a …

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Short Story

The short story I mentioned July 4 in the post “Adventures and a short story” is finished! At least a first draft. The word count is 3800, the longest short story I’ve written to date. I’ll come back to it in a couple of days and revise it.

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