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Chapter 1 - notes v3 (final?). This is the working copy pulled from old docs. Need to fix spacing and headings before sending to editor. Also check figures + captions…
the rain fell with that same uneven rhythm it always had on birch avenue and i tried to remember which paragraph should be first
this section probably needs an indent but i turned it off in word somewhere and can't find it again so leaving it for now — also margins?
okay so the protagonist is late here. this should be bold? or maybe small caps? TBD. lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit sed do eiusmod tempor.
- fix table of contents (manual?)
- page numbers only on odd pages?
- export to epub??? (converter broke)
Birch Avenue
The rain kept its careful time along the awnings of Birch Avenue, a rhythm so steady it felt arranged. She was late, of course, and the town—always listening—seemed to hold its breath between drops.
By evening the storefront glass became a page: reflections layered over type, headlines over faces, stories over the people who carried them. I waited beneath the clock and counted the seconds I could spare.
When she arrived, her umbrella closed like a book finished in one sitting. “You kept the place,” she said, stepping through the doorway as though crossing a margin. I nodded. Some stories ask only to be set cleanly on the page.
The door chimed again. Outside, the street pooled with light, paragraphs of rain breaking neatly at the curb. Inside, the words finally found their measure.
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