From f402a2b6d43a0411028b14a19cb449a7da0f5314 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:51:11 -0700 Subject: Change line breaks to sentences in prose pieces --- src/wallpaper.txt | 36 +++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/wallpaper.txt') diff --git a/src/wallpaper.txt b/src/wallpaper.txt index 45de63c..ace1101 100644 --- a/src/wallpaper.txt +++ b/src/wallpaper.txt @@ -19,22 +19,24 @@ project: ... -He didn't go back into the shed for a long time. His hatchet was in there, -and his axe. He didn't want to face them. His papers, he decided, could wait -in the top drawer for a while before being looked at again. The pain -medication made him loopy. He couldn't think as well as he was used to, which -wasn't well to begin with. Even saying his thoughts out loud, it was as -though they were on the TV in the next room. Someone was cheering. They had -just won a car. +He didn't go back into the shed for a long time. +His hatchet was in there, and his axe. +He didn't want to face them. +His papers, he decided, could wait in the top drawer for a while before being looked at again. +The pain medication made him loopy. +He couldn't think as well as he was used to, which wasn't well to begin with. +Even saying his thoughts out loud, it was as though they were on the TV in the next room. +Someone was cheering. +They had just won a car. -His mother came in with lunch on a tray. It was hot tomato soup and a grilled -cheese sandwich. "What have you been doing all day" she asked "you haven't -just been staring at the wall have you?" He had been staring at the wall most -of the day. The wall without the window on it, with the woodgrain wallpaper. -"No" he said. "What have you been doing then" she asked setting the tray down -on his lap. He sat up and almost upset it, but she caught it before it -spilled anything. "Composing in my head" he lied. "A novel of my -experience." +His mother came in with lunch on a tray. +It was hot tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. +"What have you been doing all day" she asked "you haven't just been staring at the wall have you?" +He had been staring at the wall most of the day. +The wall without the window on it, with the woodgrain wallpaper. +"No" he said. +"What have you been doing then" she asked setting the tray down on his lap. +He sat up and almost upset it, but she caught it before it spilled anything. +"Composing in my head" he lied. "A novel of my experience." -"Do you really think anyone will want to read about you" she asked and walked -out of the room. +"Do you really think anyone will want to read about you" she asked and walked out of the room. -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81