Joe's Typewriter Assignment #1

One of the YouTube channels I follow is Joe Van Cleave.  Joe posts a number of great videos on two of my favorite things, typewriters and office supplies (I know, its weird to some folks).  Anyhow, Joe had a great idea a few weeks ago in which he is going to be posting assignments for people to use their typewriters and upload their typed work (the 'typecast') back to the net.

Joe's blog can be found HERE

I think this is a wonderful idea to create collaboration and involve more people and their typewriters in the digital medium we call the 'net.

I wrote this piece on my Olivetti Lettera DL, a rebel-without-a-cause looking biker typewriter that works very well and had a new ribbon.

So here I include my first typewriter assignment, #1.  The work this week was to give life to the typewriter and how it found me.  I was general in my approach and soon found that putting my thoughts on paper was going to turn into a short story vs the 1-page only that the rules called for.  When I get going on a typewriter, its hard to keep it in a box.

You can refer to Joe's post on the assignment for the rules/guidelines.