Just a couple more points. Another example of how Kerth categories have affected my stories was that one year there were a large number of TOGOM re-writes. Being me, I never noticed the trend. But then the Kerth committee created a category that year specifically for those stories. It got me to thinking, wondering if I could write a TOGOM re-write that was different from all the others. The end result was The Second Stage of Grief. So once again, the Kerth committee’s decision influenced me to write a story. The fact that the category didn't exist in the coming year was irrelevant. The fact that the category had existed at one time was what caused me to think of a new idea for a story.
This year, with the Kerth committee creating a new category for creation of a new character, I find myself wondering if I could... Ah, but that’s a different story
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