D. get going
the sentence is in the past
Carl explained to Mark that he had some work to do and had to go.
B. Open admission. hope this helps
We can automatically rule out answer A, as short stories are not exclusively about the writers life.
That leaves B. C. and D.
B is incorrect as it is too vague in nature.
D is also incorrect as not all short stories are true or non fiction.
And so by process of elimination, the answer is C.
