I wanted to stop… but I couldn’t

Some entries in the notebook read like fragments from the novels, while others seem to be notes the author has scribbled to himself. A small number record the reactions of people who read the work in progress. Sometimes it’s hard to distinguish between them. Not all of them are easy to read.

The following entries are typical:

An entry in an old, discoloured notebook
A page of an old notebook, with a written entry and a scribbled comment above it
a discoloured page from an old notebook