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Archie Goodwin’s Blues

Seven steps up from West Thirty-Fifth To an old brownstone Whose bulky genius wouldn't work at all If I left him on his own Hoisting himself out of that custom chair Only exercise he'll get Elevator to his orchids fair So he doesn't break a sweat If it wasn't for my needling He'd have nothing…

writing exercise: 3 voices, 3 events

A writing exercise proposed on LinkedIn: pick a few authors or characters with a distinctive voice, and a few everyday or commonplace events, and write about those events in those voices. The first three voices I thought of:
  • Jackson Lamb (from "Slow Horses")
  • Raymond Chandler
  • Jane Austen
Three top-of-mind events:
  • finding out my mom's health…