Altered States
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write_awayHello Fellow Writers-
Please forgive if this topic has been discussed recently or mods feel free to chasten if this subject is in poor taste or should be age restricted, but - my question is: Has anyone else noticed that a state of inebriation is conducive to better and more prolific fiction writing? Let me explain why I ask.
A couple of years back I experienced a sort of 'golden age' of personal writing. During that time I was drinking. This was not a fall down drunk type of thing but a bottle of champagne - which is roughly 2 large glasses - 2 or 3 times a week. My output was phenomenal and I was pleased with the quality of my efforts as well.
Fast forward to the present which is a time when I am more serious about my health and I no longer drink. Though I still have many ideas I feel are worthwhile and projects left to finish I can't seem to recreate that wonderful zone I'd gotten into when I was writing well and often. I really don't want to re-introduce less healthy habits so I'd appreciate if anyone else who may have experienced this would communicate their solutions.
Thanks so much for any information.
Ki
Please forgive if this topic has been discussed recently or mods feel free to chasten if this subject is in poor taste or should be age restricted, but - my question is: Has anyone else noticed that a state of inebriation is conducive to better and more prolific fiction writing? Let me explain why I ask.
A couple of years back I experienced a sort of 'golden age' of personal writing. During that time I was drinking. This was not a fall down drunk type of thing but a bottle of champagne - which is roughly 2 large glasses - 2 or 3 times a week. My output was phenomenal and I was pleased with the quality of my efforts as well.
Fast forward to the present which is a time when I am more serious about my health and I no longer drink. Though I still have many ideas I feel are worthwhile and projects left to finish I can't seem to recreate that wonderful zone I'd gotten into when I was writing well and often. I really don't want to re-introduce less healthy habits so I'd appreciate if anyone else who may have experienced this would communicate their solutions.
Thanks so much for any information.
Ki
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Date: 2014-03-05 12:28 am (UTC)Thanks for the dialogue. A lot of these points make sense. Probably the truth for me, is a combination of things. Probably I tend to use this, 'gee I don't have my muse working anymore since I don't get lit' as an excuse for why I have virtually no output. Also, after reading all your comments and thinking a bit more on the subject I believe that having a drink or two really would loosen me up enough to be maybe more daring with what I was writing and try a twist I might otherwise have tamped down. Somebody said it was about creating a space or an atmosphere and I believe that is true.
One of you also said that work and practice can make a good writer. I think this is true. I think however, that great writers are born with a gift. A lot of people can write music and a lot more can read music but Mozarts and Beethovens are hard to find. Great artists are revered for good reason.
Ki