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This is Chapter 6 for my attempt at National Novel Writing Month. I have written for half the month of November and crossed the halfway point in terms of the reaching the word count of 50,000 words. Feel free to comment below. Collin was sitting in the reception area of an office high rise that… Continue reading Pain behind Those Eyes
This is Chapter 5 for my attempt at National Novel Writing Month. Feel free to comment below. Collin’s Matrix pulled up outside of his old home. Lyla’s Saturn was parked outside. The curtains to the front window were drawn, but the light in the living room was on. He parked on the street not to… Continue reading When Life Hands You Lemons
This is Chapter 4 for my attempt at National Novel Writing Month. Feel free to comment below. Bargaining Raf, Collin, and Ana were sitting around the table in Raf’s kitchen. There were two empty beer bottles in front of each one of them. Raf was retrieving another round for them all. Ana watched Raf as… Continue reading The Five Stages of Grief and Loss (Part 2)
This is Chapter 3 for my attempt at National Novel Writing Month. This chapter is shorter, as will the next one. Both of them will explore similar themes within the divorce narrative. Feel free to leave a comment below. Depression Collin sat on the reclining end of the couch in Raf’s living room watching a… Continue reading The Five Stages of Grief and Loss (Part 1)
A passive voice is a type of a clause or sentence in which an action (through verb), or an object of a sentence, is emphasized rather than its subject. Simply, the subject receives the action of the verb. The emphasis or focus is on the action, while the subject is not known or is less… Continue reading 10 Examples of the Passive Voice
The subjunctive is a specific verb form. It usually expresses something that you wish for, or a hypothetical rather than actual situation[.] It is also used to indicate that something is being suggested or demanded[.]”Lexico, “When to Use the Subjunctive” His wife demanded that he stop drinking if he wanted to save their marriage. Heaven forbid I have a drink or two… Continue reading 10 Examples of the Subjunctive
I am writing this blog post from a Starbucks patio overlooking the Qurum beach in Muscat, Oman—a sign warns not to swim in the ocean because the water is turbulent, cranes stand in the shallows waiting for something edible to pass underfoot, a couple fishing boats are in the distance trying to net the morning catch,… Continue reading Stream of Consciousness at the Starbucks Overlooking Qurum Beach
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