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Hollie Kagey's avatar

Well, haha no, but it's great for creativity and I find it best (for me) to table it for the next day to re-edit my writing, sober. I had noticed it, I had made alot of mistakes.

Being a little drunk is funny but soberity is heroic.

Cheers, to knowledge!

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Hollie Kagey's avatar

See and typos on the keyboard, I missed. I'm not perfect and not bot.

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Jacob Bartlett's avatar

Writing and drinking is one of life’s great pleasures

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Ryan McCann's avatar

I don’t think Twain could have put it any better

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Ryan McCann's avatar

‘Kn ay

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Jacob Bartlett's avatar

Draft drunk, edit sober

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Attention Maps/// Mr A's avatar

I'm drunk now. That's how come I can write good this comment.

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Intelligent | Sound's avatar

Nailed it!

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Cassandra Clark's avatar

And write with such perfect grammar.

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Absurdly G's avatar

That's my secret. I'm always a little drunk...

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Seeking Secrets's avatar

I didn’t think you could tell.

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Ryan McCann's avatar

Uh huh. So?

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David Glenn Cox's avatar

Hemmingway wrote while fully drunk. Five pages describing the paint on the side of a boat.

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Michele McGurrin's avatar

I don’t drink any alcohol…

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u.n. owen's avatar

...so I can't read.

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John Malcolm Humberstone's avatar

Not really something I've tried quite a sobering thought

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Jonathan's avatar

😂

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RobertTheWemyss's avatar

Good evening, and welcome to the Arthur Ludlow Memorial Baths, Newport, for this year's finals of the All-England Summarize Proust Competition. As you may remember, each contestant has to give a brief summary of Proust's 'A La Recherche du Temps Perdu', once in a swimsuit and once in evening dress. - Monty Python

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Jonathan's avatar

Only when I’m stone cold sober. Holding onto the specific nuances of a scene and character experience requires my full emersion. That being said, images and iteration of scenes and element flow a lot better after I’ve come down off of psychedelics. Here is my latest: https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathan734483/p/ares-the-arm-and-the-cat?r=2td83l&utm_medium=ios

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Jonathan's avatar

I just tired, I’m having a hard time with the grammar structure. Can you do a pass on that and I’ll try again. 👍

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Janet L. Cucharo's avatar

I stopped drinking my Jim Beam every afternoon and I lost one of my writing muses. I've also "quit" smoking my 2 packs a day and also lost the other one. 😞

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Cat Egan's avatar

Hang in, write it out

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BeatsVille USA's avatar

I write all the time...I've learned to simulate drunkenness. Like monkey style Kung fu

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Jonathan's avatar

🥋

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Bordas da Alma's avatar

Proust on a train, tennis in the rain, dead birds in the park, suddenly, my weekend feels underdressed.

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Dan Weston's avatar

No, sometimes I write when totally drunk.

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