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/x-ray.txt | 36 ++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/x-ray.txt') diff --git a/src/x-ray.txt b/src/x-ray.txt index 19c03e0..b04cf1c 100644 --- a/src/x-ray.txt +++ b/src/x-ray.txt @@ -18,27 +18,23 @@ project: link: writing ... -While chopping a tree in the woods with his hatchet (a Christmas gift from his -mother) a bird he'd never heard before cried out. He jerked his head up and -to the right as the hatchet fell down and to the left. It cut deep into the -back of his left hand. A low thud didn't echo in the forest because all the -needles and snow absorbed ~~sound well~~ the sound. +While chopping a tree in the woods with his hatchet (a Christmas gift from his mother) a bird he'd never heard before cried out. +He jerked his head up and to the right as the hatchet fell down and to the left. +It cut deep into the back of his left hand. +A low thud didn't echo in the forest because all the needles and snow absorbed ~~sound well~~ the sound. -When he got back to the house his hand wrapped in the end of his shirt he -still felt no pain. He called for his mother and found her watching TV in the -main room. He stayed in the kitchen not wanting to get blood on the carpet. -She turned around cigarette dangling from her open mouth said "Oh god what -happened." +When he got back to the house his hand wrapped in the end of his shirt he still felt no pain. +He called for his mother and found her watching TV in the main room. +He stayed in the kitchen not wanting to get blood on the carpet. +She turned around cigarette dangling from her open mouth said "Oh god what happened." -She drove him to the hospital in the car. The radio stayed off the entire -way. Paul wanted to turn it on but ~~he didn't want~~ the desire not to annoy -his mother was stronger. They drove in silence. +She drove him to the hospital in the car. +The radio stayed off the entire way. +Paul wanted to turn it on but ~~he didn't want~~ the desire not to annoy his mother was stronger. +They drove in silence. -At the hospital after the X-rays and stitching and pain medication -prescription the doctor said "You got lucky, son. If that axe had hit a -half-inch lower you'd have lost your hand. You won't get full mobility back -because we had to tie the tendons, but with therapy you should be able to work -it pretty well." +At the hospital after the X-rays and stitching and pain medication prescription the doctor said "You got lucky, son. +If that axe had hit a half-inch lower you'd have lost your hand. +You won't get full mobility back because we had to tie the tendons, but with therapy you should be able to work it pretty well." -On the drive back home all he could think was that he was glad he didn't hit -his writing hand. +On the drive back home all he could think was that he was glad he didn't hit his writing hand. -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81