An open book with blank pages and a red ribbon bookmark rests on folded dark teal fabric.

Original artwork, not a still

Catherine Drinker Bowen

Will the reader turn the page?

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Bowen poses a question every writer faces: will the reader turn the page? The answer depends on holding attention long enough to earn that next turn. It's a simple test of whether the writing pulls someone onward.

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