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RONALD CHILCUTT: Five Out Of Seven

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Alarm sounds.
Shower. Eat. Walk the dog.
Drive.
Greet, instruct, answer, model, and guide. Wonder, marvel, and rejoice.
Eat.
Meet, collaborate, and argue. Listen and advise.
Drive. Walk the dog.
Embrace, observe, assist, fix, and moderate. Eat. Clean, relax, remember, forget, and never regret.
Walk the dog.
Thank.
Sleep.
Repeat.

Ronald Chilcutt is a 45-year-old High School Special Education Math Teacher who lives in the greater Chicago area. He lives with the love of his life, their two kids, and a dog. Ronald has always believed that there is a great American novel buried in him somewhere, but has not found the right shovel to dig it out.

RONALD CHILCUTT: F.W.S.

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First
I
Formulate
The idea.
Your plot and
Words will
Organically flow,
Representing the
Developing
Story.
Too many words,
Or not enough words is
Really the hardest part.
I usually
End up
Stocking the story’s last line with a whole lot of extra, unnecessary fluff until I reach fifty words.

Ronald Chilcutt is a 44 year old High School Special Education Math Teacher who lives in the greater Chicago area. He lives with the lady love of his life, their two kids and a dog. Ronald has always believed that there is a great American novel buried in him somewhere but has not found the right shovel to dig it out.

RONALD CHILCUTT: The Task

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Once again faced with this arduous task.

Peering down, I stretch, reaching for these two serpentine vines. All hope rests in my result.

I grasp them, one in each hand, straining to remember which to cross and which to loop.

Angst, then failure, then success: finally my shoe is tied.

Ronald Chilcutt is a 44-year-old High School Special Education Math Teacher who lives in the greater Chicago area. He lives with the love of his life, their two kids and a dog. Ronald has always believed that there is a great American novel buried in him somewhere, but has not found the right shovel to dig it out.