tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post585938762100773490..comments2023-04-09T09:38:17.640+01:00Comments on Writing, Life and the Universe: As easy as 123Angela Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12708737998692926877noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-36688521014570335392008-04-26T23:34:00.000+01:002008-04-26T23:34:00.000+01:00Done!Done!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-18073086502730111092008-04-25T13:04:00.000+01:002008-04-25T13:04:00.000+01:00Thank you both Simon and Karen.When I did my MA at...Thank you both Simon and Karen.<BR/><BR/>When I did my MA at Middlesex, they gave us a variation on the page 69 test (see Karen's blog for more). We wannabe writers were asked to consider whether a reader reading page 100 of our books-in-progress would be hooked? And if he or she wasn't hooked (staff judged the page 100s in this case) we had to go back to the drawing board!<BR/><BR/>The habit has stayed with me and when I'm in a bookshop I'll often read page 100 before I buy a book.Angela Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708737998692926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-13077207668577062692008-04-24T23:34:00.000+01:002008-04-24T23:34:00.000+01:00O-hoo!Thank you for the tagging - will do it when ...O-hoo!<BR/>Thank you for the tagging - will do it when inspiration becomes sluggish (always very handy to have a stockpile of these) - so should be soon!<BR/>SimonStuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.com