Mary Anne Rose
I wanted to express a certain idea in this story, but as I read it a couple of months after I wrote the first draft, I realized that the idea was not clearly expressed. So, I changed the structure of the story slightly. I also made quite a few additional changes; they were mainly one of the following two types of changes. One type of changes I made were to eliminate repetition of words; partly because I was inexperienced, I repeated so many words unnecessarily. I made as many corrections as I could make. The other type of changes I made were to make this sound a little more story-like. Speaking frankly, I wrote so many lousy sentences and pitiful paragraphs in the first draft; they didn’t flow, nor did they sound beautifully. I had to make changes to make some improvement. I feel that I ought to rewrite this at least one more time at a later time, but I hope that this second draft is an improvement over the first draft.
Chapter 1: Upon Returning From His Trip
Chapter 2: Ten Years Later
Chapter 3: ‘JO / Just Opened’
Chapter 4: Montego Bay, 1996
Chapter 5: New York City
Chapter 6: Finishing Mocha
Chapter 7: Back At ‘75th & Amsterdam’
Chapter 8: A Few Blocks From The Bar
