Alcohol, does in help your writing or hinder it?

[Zootonius]

Does alcohol bring out you creativity, or hinder it. And if so, how much is the right amount?

Oh course, I'm writing this after having a long scotch before dinner, and two glasses of Zinfandel with dinner.

 

[MrPixel]

https://forum.literotica.com/thread...-might-influence-your-writing-or-not.1585428/

 

[Euphony]

It's not part of my wind down routine so no.

My highest creativity is the lull before falling asleep. I try to note the core of the ideas as they flow through.

The intricate work of construction and revision needs my full faculties, sometimes limited to even more productive times of day.

Booze might be a unwinder but I've improved in not being so uptight in roughing stages and like not needing a tool b/c it makes it easier to write anywhere or anytime that allows.

 

[Zootonius]

https://forum.literotica.com/thread...-might-influence-your-writing-or-not.1585428/

A good reminder why I should never start a thread under the influence.

 

[SeraphNocturne]

A good reminder why I should never start a thread under the influence.

Maybe not technically a duplicate thread since you're speaking strictly alcohol?

I find it's helpful, especially if I'm having a hard time getting into a erotic scene. I'm a light weight and drink sparingly, maybe once a month. So it's either just one glass of Sweet Red Wine, Moscato, or Riesling... or a shot of tequila with salt and lime. Anything more than that and I become goofy, giggling and likely disappear off to harass my spouse.

 

[NotWise]

My most creative time is right after I get up in the morning.

When I used to drink (an activity for the evening), drinking and writing were nearly mutually exclusive activities. For me, alcohol made it hard to follow a cohesive train of thought.

 

[QuillPig]

Alcohol hinders. I keep trying, but drinking and writing doesn't work for me. It dulls me. Nothing flows.

Off the top of my head, I can only remember a couple of quality drunken writing sessions. Both involved day drinking and the combination of booze with coffee, giving me an energetic buzz instead of a sleepy, stupid one. But I mostly don't like to partake in day drinking, because I hate when the alcohol starts to wear off and I'm not in a position to sleep.

Cannabis, on the other hand, was made for writing.

 

[Emilymcplugger]

To be honest I wouldn’t know as I barely drink alcohol.

My fuel is tea, coffee and my writing playlist which holds a ton of instrumental tunes to inspire and move my writing. Currently the list is 4 hours and 16 minutes long and I just hit shuffle and let it take me along.

 

[Rob_Royale]

I'm nearly 55 and haven't been drunk since my 33rd birthday. No alcoholism or anything, just haven't felt like it. Sorta outgrew it I guess. I do get a nice buzz going now and again if I'm socializing, but it's rare enough. So outside of having an occasional pint while I'm writing, alcohol is never a factor.

 

[Bazzle]

My characters tend to be drunk, but I write sober.

 

[Zootonius]

I think I've learned that one glass of wine can open creative thinking. But any more dulls it.

 

[stickygirl]

shut the sdeuck up yu dycking pber atwt.I right juts as well as the next person sober or otherwise and the sorty lines are amamaaaingz

 

[EmilyMiller]

Does alcohol bring out you creativity, or hinder it. And if so, how much is the right amount?

Oh course, I'm writing this after having a long scotch before dinner, and two glasses of Zinfandel with dinner.

Alcohol helps me dance and sing to stuff that is really not that danceable and which I can’t keep in tune to. My Echo+ is very patient with me.

I so cannot sing. I will admit that I’m kinda pretty in a flattering light and from a particular angle before I concede anything about my truly awful voice.

Em

 

[stickygirl]

Alcohol helps me dance and sing to stuff that is really not that danceable and which I can’t keep in tune to. My Echo+ is very patient with me.

I so cannot sing. I will admit that I’m kinda pretty in a flattering light and from a particular angle before I concede anything about my truly awful voice.

Em

I'll sing - you can do the dancing stuff

 

[EmilyMiller]

I'll sing - you can do the dancing stuff

Deal .

Em

 

[SimonDoom]

I've quoted this before but I'll do it again because I think it says it perfectly. In the words of Shakespeare, through the character of the porter in MacBeth: Alcohol "provokes the desire, but takes away the performance."

I enjoy my cocktails but there's no question that at a certain point they significantly detract from the ability to write proficiently.

 

[Duleigh]

Does alcohol bring out you creativity, or hinder it. And if so, how much is the right amount?

I will agree that alcohol allows more ideas to come to mind, but when the alcohol is gone and I look at what I wrote I can only wonder what I was thinking. 0 is about the right amount even though a perfect margarita cannot be ignored.

 

[PMarky2]

1 - takes the edge off and helps me concentrate on my writing.
2 - ok, if it is beer, but it dulls the writing side of the brain, though the thinking moves faster.
3 - time to admit I am going to go on the gin and stop writing.

I have a drink after work whilst cooking dinner and usually another before bed. I find evenings at home are better with the edge taken off them.

Most of my writing, for any purpose, is done between 7am and about 10:30am.

 

[ColinPiper]

As a lover of beer and wine I would say don't do it. Just about all of my creative writing comes in the morning or daytime or evenings when I'm not drinking. For me it's the regularity of sitting down each day and writing something that creates the motivational spark. And that's a routine I need to get back into - I go through periods of lots of writing and hardly any. An occasional beer or glass of wine is fine, especially for reading someone else's story, but I tend to separate drinking and writing.

 

[Duleigh]

The last time I was drunk was October 19th, 1996 and it was a good one. The hangover lasted a day and a half, but it was worth it, it was my retirement party from the USAF, I haven't been drunk since. I'll have an occasional beer with the boys and possibly a margarita if I can find a bar that actually makes a margarita instead of using a mix.

People ask me why I haven't been drunk in 27 years, and my answer is simple, I'm a civilian now, I don't need to.

 

[Blind_Justice]

Have not had any booze in over 20 years.

 

[Priscilla_June]

Its always a fine balance of hitting just the right buzz for 20 minutes, then becoming too sober or too drunk lol!!!

After reading a lot of other posts on thus thread where folks say it hinders them. I guess sober I have such a high state of anxiety about writing that the glass of wine takes that away for me. So there is that.

 

[WyreBendr0417]

Not that I've tried it when writing, but I'm sure alcohol would hinder me. I have found that CBD calms my brain when I'm wound up and can't focus on the story at hand. When I can't focus, my creativity goes to shit.

 

[tenyari]

I don't do drugs so my answer to this would be no idea.

I write stream of thought when an inspiration hits, so I imagine a severe mind altering drug would have a dramatic impact. Would it be better or worse I don't know, but it would almost certainly be different. Which would make it less me.

 

[onehitwanda]

shut the sdeuck up yu dycking pber atwt.

This is the best Scottish accent you've ever done