Howdy,
Continuing to edit (and add to, write inside) the Jake Jones story. More from chapter two, here’s what’s “new” with the novella:
“He knew also, as further snubbing for sports, that he moved slower than the athletic kids. Short and slow, what a deal … And lead-footed against not only the ones older but also his age, and he’d have to admit even the younger kids: the ones who often had a height advantage on him to boot. Born athletes who zipped in bursts on the courts Jake Jones could find: parks, schoolyards, even a new friend’s driveway, a hoop hanging over cracked cement slab slipping under and behind a garage door marked in streaked dusted dimple marks, pointers to a basketball’s skimming down, gripping what it touched. Like basketball itself had grabbed Jake, the boy who practically wore dimple marks himself.”
—Billy
Reading. Wrediting. Living.
Word Count: 117,420 / On Pace: 116,600 / Year’s Goal: 200,000
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