Here's what's going on...
Day 30: Short Story Marathon
by Robert J. McCarter on
in
story-marathon,
writing
Finished up "Death by Apathy" and sent it off. That makes 24 stories out the door in 30 days! Aleia really liked this one, but I didn't think much of it yesterday. A little time away, another pass through, and one small flourish at the end, and I like it now. It's a nice addition...
Day 29: Short Story Marathon
by Robert J. McCarter on
in
story-marathon,
writing
So I think I worked too much yesterday. I got up a little late, and made it to writing at 6:30 a.m., but couldn't get anything going. I started several stories but I was either heading into already covered territory, or bored, or clear it would be a long story. So I gave it until...
Day 28: Short Story Marathon
by Robert J. McCarter on
in
story-marathon,
writing
Another very busy day. Wrote a story about a magician called "One Last Trick." It's #23 and 4,300 words. This one did some big, unexpected twists at the end that had me have to go back and revise half of the scenes. It went from one Point of View (POV) character to two. The story...
Day 27: Short Story Marathon
by Robert J. McCarter on
in
story-marathon,
writing
Busy day, but managed to get #21, "Woody and June vs. the Ex" out the door to Dean. Wrote a short sci-fi story called, "Article Seventeen." It's #22 and at 2,800 words is a much better length. Took a few minutes and entered the changes into #2, "Daisy's Heart" from my proofreader...
Day 26: Short Story Marathon
by Robert J. McCarter on
in
story-marathon,
writing
Finally hit the end of "Woody and June vs. the Ex." At 10,000 words it was a blast to write, but a streak buster for sure. Fun was more important here than the streak. With the four of these I've written (one last month while I was training for this) I'm up over 30,000 words. A f...