Sean Lovelace—
Does anyone like to edit their work intoxicated (not, not, not write–edit!)?
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no.
Oh that’s too easy. Why or why not?
I think i find an editing flow (sometimes). Then it’s gone. But it’s good when I lock it.
yes. sometimes i get into a voice or see things that aren’t working in sentences while drunk that i hadn’t seen before. when i go back to these changes later they’re not always good, but many times they are.
you?
Can’t do it. Sober is when I’m working towards perfection. I’m satisfied with dogshit when I’m drunk.
If I’m the right voltage of intoxicated I’m generally quicker to spot redundant phrasings or off word choices, and braver about cutting them. It took me a while to figure out not to get much deeper into it while I was deep into the whiskey, though.
no but i like to edit hungover. can’t tolerate any kind of bullshit and i hate everything then.
No, I’m usually too busy trying to drink even more.
that’s so weird, I’m doing that now with a two buck chuck. TWO BUKS, WHAT A DEAL. can’t drink too much though, cause then i get distracted or fall asleep
I’m exactly the same drunk, just way slower, so there isn’t any point. And I avoid hangovers as much as humanly possible in an MFA program.
i’m bored, i’m here, i’m drinking
how about using the future perfect tense?
Will have been
will have been
will have been
no.
Oh that’s too easy. Why or why not?
I think i find an editing flow (sometimes). Then it’s gone. But it’s good when I lock it.
yes. sometimes i get into a voice or see things that aren’t working in sentences while drunk that i hadn’t seen before. when i go back to these changes later they’re not always good, but many times they are.
you?
Can’t do it. Sober is when I’m working towards perfection. I’m satisfied with dogshit when I’m drunk.
If I’m the right voltage of intoxicated I’m generally quicker to spot redundant phrasings or off word choices, and braver about cutting them. It took me a while to figure out not to get much deeper into it while I was deep into the whiskey, though.
You have to be intoxicated to edit your own work. Either that or one of those people who “love to edit”.
I like to edit when i’m stoned. more attention to detail and flow.
no but i like to edit hungover. can’t tolerate any kind of bullshit and i hate everything then.
No, I’m usually too busy trying to drink even more.
that’s so weird, I’m doing that now with a two buck chuck. TWO BUKS, WHAT A DEAL. can’t drink too much though, cause then i get distracted or fall asleep
I love this and am going to try it.
I love this and am going to try it.
I’m exactly the same drunk, just way slower, so there isn’t any point. And I avoid hangovers as much as humanly possible in an MFA program.
i’m bored, i’m here, i’m drinking
how about using the future perfect tense?
Will have been
will have been
will have been
You have to be intoxicated to edit your own work. Either that or one of those people who “love to edit”.
I like to edit when i’m stoned. more attention to detail and flow.
Editing with a hangover. That seems smart.
Being drunk just means I misspell stuff. Coffee helps though.
i usually write in the morning with coffee, so sometimes in the evenings I’ll trick myself into thinking of writing with a glass of beer at my desk. this will devolve into, as salvatore mentioned, concentrating on drinking.
I would imagine there’s more hungover editing than ever. But it may depend on the intoxicant. I read The Road of Excess recently. It gave me ideas. Marcus Boon says there’s no really striking drug writing at present, Irvine Welsh, Augusten Burroughs, Ann Marlowe notwithstanding. I mention Burroughs because I think Dry, his alcoholism memoir, is a very good book of its kind.
You should do everything intoxicated, including editing. Do it sober too, but definitely do it intoxicated.
brandi – will you edit for me? i’m full of bullshit.
Editing with a hangover. That seems smart.
same here.
Being drunk just means I misspell stuff. Coffee helps though.
i usually write in the morning with coffee, so sometimes in the evenings I’ll trick myself into thinking of writing with a glass of beer at my desk. this will devolve into, as salvatore mentioned, concentrating on drinking.
I would imagine there’s more hungover editing than ever. But it may depend on the intoxicant. I read The Road of Excess recently. It gave me ideas. Marcus Boon says there’s no really striking drug writing at present, Irvine Welsh, Augusten Burroughs, Ann Marlowe notwithstanding. I mention Burroughs because I think Dry, his alcoholism memoir, is a very good book of its kind.
You should do everything intoxicated, including editing. Do it sober too, but definitely do it intoxicated.
brandi – will you edit for me? i’m full of bullshit.
same here.
i will edit your face
i will edit your face