I just realized something -- my writing style is very spongy. What do I mean by this? Well, just reading a few lines of Ayn Rand's Anthem and I've already been taking her dialogue, her writing style, and her way into consideration. My writing morphs and attempts to mimic what I can read and understand of each author and their corresponding characters brought to life on the pages of each novel. It's conducive to change, but not too much change, hopefully? Billy Pilgrim's journey was sporadic and tense, much like Vonnegut's stylized approach when bouncing from moment to moment in Pilgrim's various time warps. Short, terse narrations with flowery language packed in small punchy bundles -- it works, in his manner, because the message still gets delivered in a cohesive manner. And in writing this stream of consciousness, I attempt to reflect that punchiness as well. I've only begun to dabble in the first page of Anthem, but we'll see how the writing style ebbs and flows, if at all. I heard she's a great writer with great thematic intentions.

P.S. Now normally stream of consciousness doesn't undergo editing or correction, but my approach in writing is oftentimes riddled with "of"s and "and"s when it could very well be shortened to succinctly display what I mean. I'm working on it.