Writing Under Influence

[Liar]

Urgh.

I just finished and sent off a news article that I had completely forgotten to finish. Deadline is tomorrow morning, so I really had no choice.

Problem is, I was drubnk as a skubnk.

I staggered home about 2 hours ago and realized as I closed my front door that I just HAD to get that thing ready before I went to bed. Cuz if I didn't, chances are slim I'd ever get any new jobs at that paper.

It took a tub of borderline agressive coffee, an open window and microwaved leftover pizza, but I finally managed to focus enough to get it done. I THINK it's passable, but I'm not sure. I just might read it tomorrow and go 'WTF is this'?



1. Ever written while drunk as a dingbat or high as a hummingbird? What came out of it? Readable? Inspired? Gibberish?

2. Got any good instant-sobering-up advice, if I ever find myself in this predicament again?

 

[OhMissScarlett]

1. Ever written while drunk as a dingbat or high as a hummingbird? What came out of it? Readable? Inspired? Gibberish?

2. Got any good instant-sobering-up advice, if I ever find myself in this predicament again?

Poor thing, what a buzz kill!

I had a thread once called 'Drunk Meanderings' and I posted some of the poems I'd written whilst crocked. I think I write good poetry while I'm drunk, but my prose is flighty and incoherant. *cough* Which is how my poems are, but I like them that way.

 

[Misty_Morning]

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[OhMissScarlett]

Wow!!

I thought that I already responded to this thread......


Ooooopppss....


I guess that was anothern......


GEEZ, am I giving myself away???????



Misty (there's a reason why they call me Misty)

We've had a few threads about alcohol.

 

[R. Richard]

2. Got any good instant-sobering-up advice, if I ever find myself in this predicament again?

I had to attend a retirement party for a guy I worked with. I was working directly with him and I had to quaff five beers as a part of the routine. Some idiot had gotten 16 ounce cups, instead of 12 ounce cups. After five big cups, I was drunk. The party was at the beach, where I lived. I walked home and got my running stuff on. I ran down the beach at speed. By the time I had covered a mile, I was over the worst of the "drunk effect." By the time I covered three miles I had no buzz at all. By the time I had covered six miles I was completely, totally sober and once I washed the beer sweat off, no one could have told.

 

[Guest]

Urgh.

I just finished and sent off a news article that I had completely forgotten to finish. Deadline is tomorrow morning, so I really had no choice.

Problem is, I was drubnk as a skubnk.

I staggered home about 2 hours ago and realized as I closed my front door that I just HAD to get that thing ready before I went to bed. Cuz if I didn't, chances are slim I'd ever get any new jobs at that paper.

It took a tub of borderline agressive coffee, an open window and microwaved leftover pizza, but I finally managed to focus enough to get it done. I THINK it's passable, but I'm not sure. I just might read it tomorrow and go 'WTF is this'?

1. Ever written while drunk as a dingbat or high as a hummingbird? What came out of it? Readable? Inspired? Gibberish?

2. Got any good instant-sobering-up advice, if I ever find myself in this predicament again?

Post the article - I'd love to read it!

As to your questions?

1. We used to write in notebooks when we partied in college. We were very inspired, but it was always barely readable gibberish. It wasn't even funny the next day. And that was so strange because I could recall how we laughed and laughed while writing and reading and drinking.

2. Sobering advice? Have your parents drop in unannounced.

 

[The_Darkness]

Looking at anything electronic really fucks with me when I'm crocked...but usually by the time I've hit that stage I've had enough to be declared legally dead.

I've never written anything while ripped, but I've written some of the dreams I've had and one of the experiences turned into one of my story arcs out here. It seems that stupidity is inspiring.

 

[Misty_Morning]

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[Liar]

It seems that stupidity is inspiring.

Indeed. It takes care of that "Hey, what kind of a moron idea is this?" filter. And initially moron ideas needs to simmer and cultivate for a while until they (somtimes) get real good.

 

[The_Darkness]

Indeed. It takes care of that "Hey, what kind of a moron idea is this?" filter. And initially moron ideas needs to simmer and cultivate for a while until they (somtimes) get real good.

Quite true. An entire summer of getting blitzed every night while playing cards led to some good memories, and some good story points which have been used in many, many projects.

 

[Carnevil9]

1. Ever written while drunk as a dingbat or high as a hummingbird? What came out of it? Readable? Inspired? Gibberish?

Read anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Truman Capote, Edgar Allen Poe (I assume absinthe counts?), Dylan Thomas, or Ernest Hemingway, to name a few off the top of my head. That should answer your question.......Carney (or myself, if only I counted as a writer)

 

[The_Darkness]

Read anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Truman Capote, Edgar Allen Poe (I assume absinthe counts?), Dylan Thomas, or Ernest Hemingway, to name a few off the top of my head. That should answer your question.......Carney (or myself, if only I counted as a writer)

Absinthe shouldn't count....that's why it was so popular. All the drunk (and hallucinations) with none of the stupid.

 

[tanyachrs]

I don't think my writing is so bad when I'm drunk but my typing is atrocious. Takes forever to get the letters to line up properly.