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A year of reading, one page at a time

Explain the period covered by a reading retrospective. A demonstration editing brief; supply your own evidence and details.

Books neatly stacked on a wooden bookshelf
Photography for visual inspiration · Peter Barrett Bryan / Unsplash

Editorial focus

Explain the period covered by a reading retrospective.

Begin with the context

Explain who this story is for and the question it answers. Include the details a new reader needs, and distinguish your own observations from material supplied by another source.

The reading card

A place for the book’s details

Author
Add the real author
Edition
Record the edition
Reading notes
Personal observations

Review prompt: Explain what stayed with you, and why. This is an editing prompt, not a quotation from a book.

Questions for a second reading

  1. Which passage changed the way you understood the book?
  2. Who would you recommend this edition to?
  3. What would you like to ask the author?

Make the useful part easy to find

The reference section below is deliberately structured for scanning, keyboard use and printing. Edit the labels and details to fit the real story rather than retaining irrelevant example fields.

Leave the reader with a next step

Link to a relevant topic, a dated source or a related story. Give collaborators proper credit and keep private or unverified information out of a public demonstration.

Between the shelves

There is always another chapter.

A visual wander through the places where reading begins.

Illustrative photography, not evidence of the sample project, recipe or reported event.