Table 5

Degrees of Separation Between Clauses

MAXIMUM:	I gravitated to the random. I swung with the nonsequential.—Joan Didion
	I gravitated to the random; I swung with the nonsequential.
MEDIUM:	The fire is dying, the sparks scattering over the sand and stone: there is nothing to do but go.
	The fire is dying, the sparks scattering over the sand and stone—there is nothing to do but go.—Edward Abbey
MINIMUM:	And it is true that all of us write within traditions, we all have a history and a context.—Donald Murray