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A blog about Dave Gatchell.

  • Girls At Our Best!
    Punk / Post-Punk
  • Freddie Hubbard
    Jazz
  • Chicago Underground Duo
    Jazz
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    People who live in cold places know you need to warm up your car before start driving in cold weather. Morning writing is that for my brain and the 200 word goal is just enough warm up for me. The problem is the whole what to write deal. Doing a thing daily is tedious. That's why I crow so much here about a writing trick I figure out. I also know someone has figure out anything I just figured out previously. People have been writing a long time.

    Discovery

    I wrote a sentence and used the last word of it to start the next sentence. It was kind of amazing how quickly I got through the 200 words. Something about not having to figure out the first word really kept the momentum going. It also kept the writing moving towards more random places and thoughts.

    ex: My brain is warmed up. Up to the challenge. Challenge yourself to write. Write the last word first in the next sentence.

    That style of writing has a nice ratchet effect. I like how it keeps things moving forward.

  • Moundabout
    Indie
    Psyche / Prog / Krautrock
  • Dave Douglas
    Jazz
  • The Jesus Lizard
    Punk / Post-Punk