We decided to begin at the beginning, although not the first article published. Stella was delighted when I said the article read like T.S. Eliot's essays. Eliot was also a classicist. As a young writer I always thought the 2-page test was unfair. You know the 2-page test.
Some shoppers read the story's first paragraph and last paragraph only.
My work's chocked full of concepts, the writer protests, and scenework and characters who the reader learns to love. How dare they make superficial decisions on something that took years to complete. Now that I've read manuscripts from many sources, I must revise my opinion. I sometimes swap story sections with internet writer friends. I recently received one from an individual who I wanted very much to succeed as a writer.