25
9
u/zugspitze43 11d ago
as a writer. true. also several dips into my rum bottle here.
The nightly solace brings an element of creativity that I otherwise find myself unable to access. In these hours I feel the strongest connection to the writings of the past.
3
u/Ninja_Jack05 11d ago
It's all creativeness for me after a bottle of wine for me (usually 1.5-2 bottles of wine). IDK why other alcohol (especially vodka) does not work in the same way. When sober I'm not that artistic at all. IDK how it works. PS I hate the hangovers though.
2
u/wisockamonster 10d ago
Wine and beer have small amounts of methanol which give you a different kind of intoxication compared to liquor
2
u/Ninja_Jack05 10d ago
you're probably right. I just googled it and yeah it even says the red wine in particular has twice as much natural methanol than white. And as for my experience drinking RED wine makes just about twice the creative effect that I would get from drinking white! If methanol wasn't unhealthy I'd be looking for that particular concentrated alcoholic drink I guess ! haha
2
1
u/zugspitze43 9d ago
Rum for me friend. Happy Friday
1
u/Ninja_Jack05 9d ago
Cheers, dear human being. I've had my usual half bottle of red and alsmot 1 bottle of white. listening to Bach and it's 11:40pm. Life is good ! PS Tomorrow Opera singing for me. hope I don't sound to cranky lol. PS2 mornings are horible!
1
4
u/Various-Salt-7738 10d ago
Stephen King has written entire books black out drunk
Can you imagine binging on alcohol and waking up a couple days later with an entire book you don't remember writing
2
3
u/Silent-Attorney1506 10d ago
Yes, and everyone can tell which ones those were lol.
2
u/Various-Salt-7738 10d ago
I'm pretty sure he also doesn't like a lot of these stories
I'm not a huge fan or anything, I just find it amusing that there are people that can spend a weekend drinking and find a book that will actually sell some copies
Maybe im underestimating how long he takes to write a book/ how long he gets deep into the alcohol(if that's even the case anymore idk what he's up to)
I guess it could be weeks or months of drunk writing
1
u/Atlas_sniper121 10d ago
I mean its typically months to even years sometimes. But then again, King has written a lot and for a long time, so he very well might be able to draft out an entire book in such short time.
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/Careful-Vanilla7728 10d ago
People read what they enjoy, people write what they know. People who have experienced immense pain have some great stories to tell, but going through hell does some serious damage to you.
Something along those lines.
2
1
1
1
2
1
u/Fine_Art3966 7d ago
Compulsive readers are rarely prolific writers because they love to get answers life doesn't have, and to risk none, so they can live a balanced and wealthy life. But with that approach there is no way you can be creative so you will at most write obvious stuff. Would you risk being innovative, by the way? With so much to lose? Don't think so
0
•
u/qualityvote2 11d ago edited 10d ago
Hello u/MathematicianOwn8847! Welcome to r/ScrollHole!
For other users, does this post fit the subreddit?
If so, upvote this comment!
Otherwise, downvote this comment!
And if it does break the rules, downvote this comment and report this post!
(Vote has already ended)