Here ’ s an example from my own life . I recommend you read it slowly and deliberately . The use of three dots (...) is used to represent a pause in the verbal delivery . So read this out loud and follow along .
When I was a teenager ... my parents had a summer cottage on an island ... on the Trent River ... in Southern Ontario ... and it was a great place in the summer ... apart from the insects ... but for reasons of their own ... my mom and dad insisted ... on the inconvenience ... of going there in the winter too …
And ... naturally ... we couldn ’ t take a boat ... over the ice and snow ... but loaded up a toboggan with food ... and supplies from the marina ... and the river was frozen solid ... in the Canadian winter ... and as my parents and I ... got chilled to the bone ... we dragged the mound of bags ... and boxes ... over the 200 yard distance ... and I can still hear the ice and snow ... crunching underfoot ... in the sub-zero weather …
and as the wind ripped right through us ... no matter how well we were wrapped-up ... against its power ... and I remember ... it was always a relief ... to reach the opposite shore ... where the stark , black , leafless trees ... provided a bit of shelter ... from the winter elements ... and as we shivered uncontrollably ... and as my father used a Bic lighter ... to melt the ice ... from the lock on the cottage door ... and as we stepped inside ... it was just as cold ... but we were out of the wind ... and as we passed the gear in ... and quickly shut the door behind us ... with frostbitten fingers ... and as we settled ...
... into the cottage ... our breath formed an icy white vapour ... and as my father got the coal oil heater started ... and switched on a couple of electric heaters ... it would take at least an hour to warm up to a comfortable temperature ... while outside ... the snow began to fall heavily ... and as huge soft flakes swirled in dense clouds ... obscuring the view ... across the vanilla ice