“Write Drunk, Edit Sober!”…Why Didn’t I Think of That?

Considering his life and times, it isn’t any wonder that quote is often attributed to Hemingway? Actually, author Peter De Vries penned the saying, “Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk.” Oh, the possibilities!

Many of our famous authors, painters, poets and actors have been so intimidated by that voluble Left Brain Critic that the inebriated/drugged state was the only way they felt they could create. Now, I’m not espousing prohibition, nor a...