thethuthinnang ⁂ on Nostr: Thinking about the journey from the first line to the last line of a novel. "Son, ...

Thinking about the journey from the first line to the last line of a novel.

"Son, Last Sunday the host of a popular news show asked me what it meant to lose my body. ... Through the windshield I saw the rain coming down in sheets."

The journey between these two sentences (the ellipsis) was painful and powerful.When that last line arrived, I had to sit there for a long time letting it fade.

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--"Between the World and Me"