“Once you got off Route 9W, though, you were in another world, a world where two streets never met at a right angle, where streets, in fact, didn’t exist. Instead you had “courts,” “terraces,” “ways,” a “landing” or two. And lining these street-like things were row on row of little houses that could be distinguished, it seemed, only by the lawn ornaments. Travelers who disappeared into the developments had been known to call taxis just to lead them out again.”
― Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
― Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
“C. Once you got off Route 9W, though, you were in another world, a world where two streets never met at a right angle, where streets, in fact, didn’t exist. Instead you had “courts,” “terraces,” “ways,” a “landing” or two. And lining these street-like things were row on row of little houses that could be distinguished, it seemed, only by the lawn ornaments. Travelers who disappeared into the developments had been known to call taxis just to lead them out again.”
― Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
― Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
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