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Chapter 7

Jun 25, 2023

∙ Paid

Top left - from the airplane window through wisps of cloud to rolling hills. Top middle, from the airplane window, big highway lanes disappear into the distance as the plane banks to land. Top right - bicycle leaning against a pole at a roadside stall. Middle left, small grey house with hedge. Middle middle, dirt road town with two storey shops, wires overhead. Middle right. City square with man leaning looking at the camera with big old building in the background. Cobblestone streets. Bottom left. Close up of bicycle at roadside stop. Road visible with a big blue lorry speeding past. Bottom middle. Most of an orange building with a curved roof and supporting tower wall, graffiti and run down with weeds in the foreground. Bottom right. Big storm clouds over twin railings and city in the background, weeds in the foreground — Flights over Arizona & Texas + images of Costa Rica - towns, roads, buildings and San José

The function of a chapter

It’s important when structuring a novel, to consider the role every chapter plays. The function of my new chapter is to provide an introduction to Costa Rica as I experienced it. I knew I had to avoid the memoir reading as a travelogue and so I tried to avoid too many details of airport security, customs, transfers, flights and …

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