Attention all writers: Do u feel you create your best work when u are depressed, angry, or under the influence of drugs?
13 Answers to "Attention all writers: Do u feel you create your best work when u are depressed, angry, or under the influence of drugs?"
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Out of those three, I would say angry.
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I write my best when I'm high on pot. Seriously. My creativity is tripled from when I'm straight. And my grammar tends to be better.
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I make no claims for quality, but an unquiet mind lends itself to walls of text.
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Independent!Like (1)
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Marijuana does increase my creative potential, I've noticed. But I don't really do anything but swear, or punch stuff when I'm angry, lol!
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I used to do that until I injured my hand. I hit a locker the wrong way but before then I was punching holes in the walls and pushing people. Marijuana makes me say retarded things.
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Yup.
That's almost always how it works. I can't think of a single poet, artist, or writer that wasn't either famously depressed, a drunk, a drug addict, "bi-polar", solitary, or just plain crazy.
People tend to romanticize it, but for me as a writer it just kind of comes with the territory. I can't help it, few things are better than drinking and having an idea come into your head that makes your fingers fly across the keys. My english professor told me as a joke that "If [I] am wanting to be a writer, then [I] should know that suicide and alcoholism are occupational hazards."Like (2)
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Well, I definitely have the drinking down. Although, I don't do it like I used to. Having bad luck and being depressed motivates my material. Oh yeah and daydreams.
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We folks are just so messed up that others are amazed by how different our work is. And thats why they like it.
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Marijuana induced
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Marijuana has NEVER been helpful for me. I end up saying goofy s-h-i-t and acting retarded. Drinking? I have a lot more control.
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Both.
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Never under the influence of drugs? I have tried while I was drunk. The chorus wasn't bad. I never finished it, though.
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Not really sure. I consider all of my work equally shítty. ._.
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Hmmmm.... Don't know what to say about that. A lot of my writing is depressing. But ay, I can't help it. It's where my soul is at the moment.
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Oddly, I write more (quantitatively) when in a bad mood.
But on reflection, I think that is only because I'm not doing something more active like getting outside and riding or walking my dog =/
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Mix of fustrated angry and depressed
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Definitely angry.
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Depressed
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I agree. Have you ever wrote anything based on a dream or day dream you had? I just recently started getting into doing that.
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Everything I write is a piece of my life. Unfinished, hidden and true. I can't remember my dreams. And if I ever were to write a book from a dream I had I'd throw it away. My dreams are too personal
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Best Answer (Chosen by Voting):
Posted by LacusLaganum Feb 2nd, 2013 at 3:08PM
Angery and depressed
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Reply by BadOmen32 Feb 2nd, 2013 at 3:24PM
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