Writing Tests
Jake Parker “A Fireside Story”
A while back I talked about one of the questions I ask myself to make sure I’m on the right track, and that’s the Doctor McCoy test.
Sometimes I think about another one, though, and that’s the “Grandparent at the Fireside” test. The idea is that the grandparent is at the fireside telling a story. As he or she is telling the story, there will be questions from young listeners. Sometimes, of course, young listeners have an agenda or want to take over the story, so for the sake of the test I pretend that the questions are coming from an intelligent listener.