So why do we persist in believing otherwise? Because it’s easier. It's more pleasant to protect ourselves from the pain than to face the work we dread. We are, in essence, procrastinating when we rattle of such quotes as, “write drunk, edit sober.” Maybe this is because we like t...
3. Write drunk. Edit sober. Give yourself permission to suck. Many writers will tell you that the magic happens in the edit. That is your chance to cut verbose copy and craft sentences that pack a punch. If you fixate on writing a perfect draft, you're only going to land up frustrate...
The quote 'Write drunk; edit sober' is often attributed to Ernest Hemingway, thoughit's not clear whether Hemingway actually said this. Regardless of who said it, the quote does say something true about writing. It's not that you should write drunk literally. But you should give yourself t...
a proven system that will help you get your book idea out of your head and down on paper. You can write your entire manuscript in well under one week, and then take appropriate time for the editing process to finetune your writing. As Ernest Hemingway said: "Write drunk, edit sober."...
Even such distinguished writers as Ernest Hemingway lamented over the difficult process of starting to write. Hemmingway once said, “Write drunk, edit sober, you should write whatever comes out from your mind and don’t restrict yourself or care too much about the grammar, vocabularies or stru...
My husband said to me, “I keep waiting for him to get back so I can tell him this crazy story about someone I know who died. And then I remember. I keep seeing funny videos that I know he’d like and start to send it, but then I remember.” And that’s what your life becom...
Write while enraged/desolate/impassioned/ashamed. Edit while sober. Rather than approaching free writing as an exercise to be done alongside your real writing, what if you gave yourself over to it? The honesty you pour onto the page could be the raw material for something great, something true...
agingalcoholdrinkingdrunkfoodlifered-winerelationshipswine-tasting EDIT! Because love is not always the answer. Upon reading this today I realized I might have been a bit more specific with exactly who you do not have to love. At least in my opinion. ...
" She asks. Claude knows he used the youtube video to find them all but they are both drunk so he doesn't really care. "I found them all my self" He proclaims. Maria once again is very impressed and gets turned on by Claude. They start making out and they go in his safehouse ...