Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
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superhero_musesDo you find alcohol or other drugs enhance your creativity/writing ability, or detract from it? Why or why not?
I'll be honest here, I've never written anything when less than sober, mostly because I'm very rarely less than sober. Drug and alcohol use have always been a pretty major squick of mine, to the point where recently I've actually deliberately practiced drinking alcohol in relaxed, non-stressful situations in order to get past my irrational reaction to it. But drinking has always increased my self-consciousness really painfully (isn't it supposed to do the opposite?) and so I can't imagine writing when tipsy, I think I'd just start second-guessing everything. Bit of a TMI there, but I found the question interesting because it's a commonplace that many writers drink while writing. How does it work for you?
As for writing, I'm just reaching the climax of one story and doing a lot of middle-work in others. I want to write something short! But lately the ideas that inspire me are ones I want to dig into and take my time with, and I'm not going to argue with my inspiration...
I'll be honest here, I've never written anything when less than sober, mostly because I'm very rarely less than sober. Drug and alcohol use have always been a pretty major squick of mine, to the point where recently I've actually deliberately practiced drinking alcohol in relaxed, non-stressful situations in order to get past my irrational reaction to it. But drinking has always increased my self-consciousness really painfully (isn't it supposed to do the opposite?) and so I can't imagine writing when tipsy, I think I'd just start second-guessing everything. Bit of a TMI there, but I found the question interesting because it's a commonplace that many writers drink while writing. How does it work for you?
As for writing, I'm just reaching the climax of one story and doing a lot of middle-work in others. I want to write something short! But lately the ideas that inspire me are ones I want to dig into and take my time with, and I'm not going to argue with my inspiration...
