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two thoughts: 1) You don't need the while X then Y structure to convey parallel events. Just list them one after another. It's implied that they're simultaneous. 2) Separate your X and Y (the chi...
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2019-12-13T12:00:43Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T06:10:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
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two thoughts: 1) You don't need the _while X then Y_ structure to convey parallel events. Just list them one after another. It's implied that they're simultaneous. 2) Separate your X and Y (the child's birth/crumbling/reassembly and the clouds). The stream of consciousness is a lot to track, the magical realism is a lot to process, and there are a lot of images to hold in your mind from one end of the sentence to the other. This should be at minimum two sentences: the first is from _inside_ to _ribcage,_ and the second is about the clouds. It's quite lovely and I think you conveyed nuance well. But even the stream of consciousness can overflow its banks if you try to stuff too much into a sentence.
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2017-02-28T14:02:30Z (over 7 years ago)
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