{"id":3995,"date":"2022-07-27T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2022-08-10T15:25:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T07:25:47","slug":"content-creation-102-find-your-own-write-drunk-edit-sober","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=3995","title":{"rendered":"CONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Over the years, I’ve come to figure out which tips and tricks found online in the variety of writing advice columns and blogs work for me, which I should discard completely, and which work with a little bit of tweaking. It has all been experimentation and knowing oneself and one’s own writing style. Hopefully someone finds some advice they can use in this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You Create<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The saying “write drunk, edit sober” is something probably every writer (and content creator) has seen on advice blogs everywhere. Most of the time it is written as a tongue-in-cheek nudge to creators to not overthink their work, to crack out their first draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As someone who does not drink, it has ultimately felt unhelpful, though amusing to me. The idea behind it, however, that I have always connected with. Now if only I could find a way to make it work for me…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was in school, this was by writing my first draft or outlines of my essays or my stories after drinking lots of coffee. It gave me an energy boost and a focus that I was otherwise lacking. It got the words I needed down. I would go back to the project with fresh eyes the following day – sans caffeine – and edit. It helped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was this my “write drunk, edit sober”?<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I thought so, but since school ended, and metabolisms and lifestyles changed, it has not been something I could do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It has taken a lot of trial and error for me to figure out what now works for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everybody has a different approach to a first draft. Maybe you need to handwrite it, or hand draw it with a certain pencil. Your final product maybe will be then printed. Maybe it is a timing thing, and you need to work at a specific time, edit at another, and finally finish up your content at a third. There is always this one thing that works for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 For me, switching screens between writing and editing is the thing that works best. If I write on my phone, I edit on my laptop. If I write on my laptop, I edit on the work computer. The different screens and the different place I sit puts me in a different mindset, helping my focus and observation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The change in place or material or state of mind shows in your work. You notice things you did not before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is what we all need to find. What works best for you, as an individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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