So, a while ago, there was an assignment to write a short thing that had no punctuation whatsoever. This is different. You just write a very long sentence. So, only one period, but other stuff in the middle like commas and semicolons. Semicolons are often neglected. Go learn what they do and use them. I gotta use them more too.
So, we had to assignments. Write something in one long sentence, and then write the same thing in several sentences, each less than 7 words long. The former kind of slows you down while the latter picks up the pace of whatever you're writing.
It's a good exercise. Usually in a real story you want to vary your sentence lengths, unless you're like Dickens or something. You know they do a good job if you don't even REALIZE that a sentence is a whole page long.
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