So in another post I mentioned that I was writing a book. Well every hand written book needs parchment. I decided to write the story on Cambridge 70 sheet writing pads by Mead. The writing pads are spiral bound and they are much more durable than a standard college spiral notebook.
The pads have the best features of a spiral bound notebook and a legal writing pad all in one. The Cambridge Writing Pads are sturdy. They have thin glossy cardboard covers, with sturdy cardboard backs. (The cardboard back works surprisingly well as an optical mouse pad.) The paper itself is yellow like a legal pad, but the quality of the paper is remarkably better. Each page turns easily and has the weight of two standard legal pad pages. The pages have 28 lines and are of legal length. They also have nice margins for writing notes or quick ideas. I used the margins for writing down chapter ideas and plot direction when they would pop into my mind. The margins were very useful for keeping track of new ideas without interrupting the flow of dialogue or narration.
At the top of the pages, the pads have medium strength metal spirals for keeping the thing together. I own four of these Cambridge 70 sheet writing pads by Mead and not one of them have uncoiled on me. No the spirals are quite strong and are able to withstand regular daily punishment of coming in and out of a backpack. In between the metal spiral and the rest of the page, there is perforation. This allows the writer to rip a page off the pad cleanly. I didn’t use this option very much, but when I did, the page did tear quite nicely.