Tonight, we chuckled our way through Dave Godin’s story, “Dad’s Bavarian Hat,” and reviewed a few story notes about grammar, punctuation, and other ways to improve our writing. Here are the story notes for this session.
Dave uses his dad’s hat to invoke the muse during his writing sessions. Watch episode fifty-four of the Life Writers Vlog where I feature Dave as I discuss the purpose and value of writing rituals.
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This is a great way to improve your writing and editing skills and learn how to give constructive feedback to your fellow members.
Take advantage of this great opportunity and upload your story here for review in a future Member Story Review session.
and thanks to everyone for the helpful comments
So. The brush is a Gamsbart (Gams=Mountain goat, bart=beard). It started in the 1500s as a hunting trophy, the stiff hairs along the spine or under the chin of a mountain goat, gathered together and bound on one end with thread. the thread end is covered in a decorative metal piece with a pin for attachment to the hat. Most hunting in Germany is for deer, although there is some small game. Hunting is via hunting clubs. Guns are stored in an armory at the hunting club. It takes about 9 months to obtain a hunting license. It requires the… Read more »