In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

Sentence 1:A graduate of the Literature Department of Tokai University in Tokyo , Okudera did not originally consider a career in screenwriting . Sentence 2:Instead , she worked for an oil company until 1991 , after which she quit her job and became a full - time writer .
instead