Here are the judges’ comments about this winning entry.
1. ‘There was so much in that. It’s great when writing is relatable … I felt like it was my childhood but written so beautifully by you! It was just gorgeous.’ – Emer McLysaght (co-author of the What a Complete Aisling series)
2. ‘I think a lot of writers might have been the quiet children in the group and maybe would have liked to be the action men …’ – Eoin Colfer (author of the Artemis Fowl series)
3. ‘The language is extraordinary … throughout the piece the language just sings, it doesn’t feel forced at all. The beauty emerging from it is gorgeous.’ – Donal Ryan (author of The Spinning Heart)
Now write your own citation/recommendation for this piece of fi ction based on how you felt about the writing and using the judges’ comments as guidance.
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Read the citations below for the Adrian Mole comedic series, pick one that you agree with and explain why you agree with it, using examples from the text (go back to Collection 1 to see these diary entries again).
‘Adrian Mole really is a brilliant comic creation … Every sentence is witty and well thought out’ – The Times
‘He will be remembered some day as one of England’s greatest diarists’ – Evening Standard
‘The publishers could offer a money back guarantee if you don’t laugh and be sure they wouldn’t have to write a single cheque’ – Jeremy Paxman (broadcaster)
‘Adrian Mole is one of the great comic characters of our time … [Townsend] never writes a sentence which doesn’t ring true; she never gets Adrian’s voice wrong or attributes a thought or feeling to him which strikes one as false …’ – The Scotsman
‘Adrian Mole is one of literature’s great underachievers; his tragedy is that he knows it and the sadness of this undercuts the humour and makes us laugh not until, but while, it hurts’ – Daily Mail
Learn from Models of Written Language Use to Enrich Written Work [W5]
Write a short citation/recommendation of your own about a fi lm, short story or novel that you enjoyed. In your answer you should mention the name of the text and the author/director. You should identify the main reason why, in your view, the text deserves the citation.
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Go to your Writing Skills Book for guidance in writing an answer to this question.
