The Ability of Gary Cudgel Revision 5: Added hints of Evamae’s fishing line trick (ten minutes) Trimmed down to 2484 words (2 hours) The Truth about Spirit Lifter From the desk of Lance Corporal Philip Silver, USMC, Retired You have no reason to trust me, but finally the relevant parties have passed, and I am…… Continue reading The Truth about Spirit Lifter (Revision 2)
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The Truth about Spirit Lifter
This is the fourth revision of “The Ability of Gary Cudgel”, and the big deal here is that I had my official reviewers group look at it. They identified directly what my friend may have been intuiting when he suggested I add more political commentary. There was really hardly anything at all in the previous…… Continue reading The Truth about Spirit Lifter
The Ability of Gary Cudgel Draft 3
This time I received some advice to add more of my usual satire and political commentary, but this story is actually a deliberate departure from that style. I believe my target audience will appreciate a story that takes the chicken soup for the soul recipe and adds a little flavor of the supernatural. In this…… Continue reading The Ability of Gary Cudgel Draft 3
The Ability of Gary Cudgel Draft 2
Draft 2 – I have received a little bit of feedback, all positive. Thus, I haven’t found much in the way of major changes. I added a little more description and cut out a few excess sentences, particularly ones where the protagonist makes guesses as to what the meaning is of the strange things he…… Continue reading The Ability of Gary Cudgel Draft 2
The Ability of Gary Cudgel
I am taking a break from The Sympathetic Universe for a few weeks in order to try my hand at a writing competition. I won’t describe the competition in detail here, but I will use the next several weeks to demonstrate my writing process. Each week, I will post a draft of my story. This…… Continue reading The Ability of Gary Cudgel
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