“Write drunk; edit sober.”
Now that is straying from my previous quote. “Write drunk; edit sober.”
Everything I have just wrote on this page right now, was just found because I used stumble upon and came across that quote on the top of the page. And then I related that to how I wrote, and why I write the way I do. My writing has improved because of this, and I know I am going to read this tomorrow or even later on in the week and say "what the hell?"
The idea of being "drunk" while writing lets me have a mental impairedness while writing. Now I will not say I take this literal like I go and get drunk everytime before I go and write, but when your mind is "overcome or dominated..." as the second definition suggests, everything (EVERYTHING) I write, has meaning to me, It may not come through clear to readers(such as now), but it has meaning. And that emotion bleeds through. Now, if I am dry in my writing:
It will be boring. I will have passive writing. I will not have strong words.
Now, I'm in one of my writing rants now, so just typing that little blurb in the last line was difficult.
Now, if I am lively in my writing:
It will be intriguing and vague, yet developed so that the reader can understand and grasp some ideals and question others. I'm having intense words drift across the page that flow. I'm having increased vocabulary, imagery and emotion seep through the text on this screen.
Now that is years of english being put into a few sentences of writing, but I notice when I write, that I have this sense that things are more...meaningful? But only to me personally. Someone may understand, but honestly I believe some of my writing is just for me, it may be to intrigue others.
Now that is straying from my previous quote.
In this state of sober mind, I believe that I have a more literal interpretation of my writing. I criticize the little tiny pencil marks on the paper, not just the words. And no I don't mean the punctuation. But the "seriousness,gravity" I have. What the point I am trying to get across or even to remember is. What am I trying to say,and can I understand it? My first step of writing is that I can understand it.The next step is to make sure someone else can understand it.
The editing process is cleaning of that sharpie that bled through onto a desk or table. It takes work, and sometimes it may not come off, but at least you made an effort. And it still may show up on that desk, and it's okay. It shows personality in writing. It will make an imprint into peoples minds.
Rule of thumb, don't be afraid to show your personality in writing. The editing proccess is the only part that makes it clear and understandable. Afterall, when your writing your just rambling what thoughts are running through your head in the trained manner you have learned, right? I think so.
Everything I have just wrote on this page right now, was just found because I used stumble upon and came across that quote on the top of the page. And then I related that to how I wrote, and why I write the way I do. My writing has improved because of this, and I know I am going to read this tomorrow or even later on in the week and say "what the hell?"
Note To Self: This IS how you write, you write like your drunk. You don't make sense, you stumble and occasionally you puke words that shouldn't be written and don't belong there because you drank too much of this creative juice. But now, it's late the next day and your hungover, and your reading this thrown-up mess and you want to puke again from that putrid smell. Well guess what, then your going to read it again, and again, and again. Until you are either satisified (which rarely happens) or when you give up (which you shouldn't). Ideas take a great time to fully development, it is your choosing to let them do so.
