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10-24-2007, 01:21 PM
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The type of drunk you are can also depend on what you drink. If I'm drinking red wine, I'm usually pretty mellow; margaritas can make me silly; scotch and I'm a fantastic debater; vodka, hide the firearms!
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10-24-2007, 04:38 PM
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Prolific Writer
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I tend to just drink whatever has the highest alcohol content since if I am drinking my goal is to get drunk, quickly.
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10-24-2007, 05:09 PM
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Scribe
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Ah, sheesh! Man, I dunno, I don't drink at all...
My only advice is to write with one eye open so that you don't see double while typing.
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10-24-2007, 05:18 PM
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I don't believe in mixing art with "chemicals"
No alchohol, no cigarettes, no nothing -
while writing.
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10-24-2007, 06:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by writingpro
No alchohol, no cigarettes, no nothing -
while writing.
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Just a large glass of sanctimony, maybe? |
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10-25-2007, 04:56 PM
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Banned
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I didn't have much thought in my head when I drank (belittle me for being young, yes, but it happened) and I didn't write well for it.
I wrote something nice, after I had a few bong hits, but relaxation is more important than being so stoned you'll reincarnate the Beat era.
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10-25-2007, 05:36 PM
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Never tried it... though I usually have either coffee or tea on the desk next to me...
Damn the time i spilled almost half the cup on my keyboard... I had thought of something hilarious...and out squirted a very hot burst of coffee, or tea, can't remember which... haha.
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10-27-2007, 01:58 PM
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The thing about writing drunk is that you can come up with things that you otherwise wouldn't write, it changes your state of mind and sometimes can add another realm of creativity that your lacking when sober and clear minded, i have noticed that that the lyrics i write while intoxicated are far different than the sober lyrics yet every bit as good, my post in the lyrics section titled "Does she really love me" is a prime example of a drunken creation.
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10-28-2007, 02:25 AM
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Hemingway also said that being drunk while writing is harmful to what you write. He often ridiculed Fitzgerald for his drinking, ironically.
Do whatever suits you best. Drink because you want to, not because someone else did and it worked for them.
Sigh...Time for a drink and a smoke.
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10-28-2007, 03:19 AM
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Last New Year's Eve (although I suppose it was New Year's morning) I tried sending someone a PM on here while I was very drunk and fairly stoned.
Didn't pan out so well. The keys on the keyboard were just too darn similar to one another, you know?
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10-28-2007, 07:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hodge
Last New Year's Eve (although I suppose it was New Year's morning) I tried sending someone a PM on here while I was very drunk and fairly stoned.
Didn't pan out so well. The keys on the keyboard were just too darn similar to one another, you know?
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If you're anything like I am while simultaneously drunk and stoned I'm guessing it made more sense then if you'd actually hit the right keys...  |
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10-28-2007, 11:04 AM
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Stephen King used to be alcoholic, and took cocain and other drugs while writing. He says that he had written an entire book while under their influence, and couldn't remember anything about having written it. "The Shining" for example, is a unintentional semi-autobiographical novel about his experience as an alcoholic writer.
According to him, and seeing as he was a huge addict + successful writer, so it's worth listening to, being alcoholic didn't help his writing so much as help him have something to rely on, and ultimately it almost killed him, or something like that.
Try wikipedia or his book On Writing, if you want more info.
No personal opinion from me, since I have no experience.
"'Does she really love me' is a prime example of a drunken creation."
Oh the irony.
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10-28-2007, 04:58 PM
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Wise words, Lou. But if you're writing well, you won't be drunk, no matter what you're drinking. In fact, you'll probably forget to take a sip.
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11-07-2007, 03:58 PM
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Hmm, topic begs the question: If Hemingway weren't drunk would he have written like Faulkner?
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11-07-2007, 04:37 PM
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I find that when I read in the morning my drunk ramblings it is mostly crap. But there appears a paragraph here and there that is gold.
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