Speaking of drinking while writing, at one time I had this imagined version of Me, the Writer, in which I wore fashionable clothes and makeup, lit myself a nice fire in a clean room, poured a glass of wine or two, and wrote good fiction.
Pretty much none of that is true except that I sometimes write good fiction. I do a good bit of my writing in sleepwear, clothes for yard work, or painting clothes (today's outfit featuring a Jazzercise shirt from 1989 and fresh paint spatters), and nothing I write under the influence of alcohol has ever been good enough to keep.
So, anyone prepared to set themselves a writing goal and get encouraged, even goaded, into keeping it? I'll help!
Maryn, such a dreamer