Abraham Kim @abrahamKim

Hipsters talk more than Boomers these days.

Abraham Kim last shared their writing the sensation
The phone continued to charge. He continued to fall deeper and deeper into sleep. He had a dream where he never woke up. And the phone became so charged that it overheated until it caught on fire. His apartment started to burn. He wanted to move, to get out of...
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Better than New York

The kind of town I like's a busy one. That's why I'm glad to have left New York, where you would think everyone was busy but they really aren't. As in they can take their long lunches and coffees. Their schedules are  booked for sure, but they can just move...
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2021-05-28 18:15:58

Abe's Blog
Welcome to America

If you're lucky you'll get to live long enough that your lens' grows cloudy. It doesn't matter how sharp your base vision is before this gradual formation. Even if you were seeing 20/8 (the accepted max visual acuity for humans) the world will still appear obscured to you through cataracts...
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2021-05-27 19:11:48

Abe's Blog
One reason why i like writing about diners

I remember once listening to someone talk about how New Yorkers talked. Apparently one of their primary forms of small talk consists of speaking about the subway. I was intrigued but confused. I asked how can you make small talk about the subway.

"Oh they just talk about which route they...
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2021-05-27 01:52:40

Flash Fiction Practice
An alcoholic town

I lived in a town with afternoons wide open to things like coffees, long lunches, and most importantly drinks. Although every one of my friends were employed in a variety of industries, you would think they all shared the same goal. To get out of working in the afternoon.

My...
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2021-05-25 14:16:57

Abe's Blog
Language as Story

All experts have mastery over some medium. Certain media are easier to see like a blacksmith and their tools, whereas other domains come with less palpable material. 

As someone who's been claiming to want to be a writer, I've spent a lot of my time disrespecting the medium of language....
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2021-05-24 20:44:15

Echo and Narcissus Writing Club
Descriptions as Story

My main takeaway from last week's assignment of analyzing how Colin Barrett uses descriptions and details in his writing was that descriptions work best when it's the substance itself.

In Barrett's case he tells the story through the descriptions. This contrasts how I had previously considered description a separate contextual...
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2021-05-24 01:47:29

Abe's Blog
Untitled Shared at May 21, 2021

High achievement is probably most difficult because of how humiliating it is. The path requires many moments where you let go of who you are right now, confident that you can be someone better tomorrow. 

Often times I feel like I'm quite sharp. I may go months feeling like I'm...
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2021-05-21 14:10:09

Abe's Blog
Rewriting is easier than writing

There's a strategy I've seen mentioned independently by some of the most prolific writers. John Swartzwelder puts it best here:

But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all...
2021-05-20 14:57:20

Flash Fiction Practice
Untitled Shared at May 20, 2021

One time I ran into Trevor while he was staying at Ivan's. We -- Trevor and I -- had plans to hang out and I was surprised when I saw the address. Not that I was aware of where Ivan lived, but because I knew where Trevor had lived but...
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2021-05-20 14:36:10