panI was really excited to read this book about writing by a neurologist, but it‘s a disorganized mess. It reads like an initial draft that nobody edited.
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The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain | 
panI was really excited to read this book about writing by a neurologist, but it‘s a disorganized mess. It reads like an initial draft that nobody edited.
“Nonetheless, writing regularly, inspiration or no, is not a bad way to eventually get into an inspired mood; the plane has to #bump along the runway for a while before it finally takes off.” #QuotsyJan20
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Whether or not alcohol helps any artist in the short term, it appears to hurt creativity in the long run. Tom Dardis has argued persuasively that the reason Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and others did their best work in their twenties and thirties was the progressive brain damage that alcohol caused later in their lives.
This books subtitle is: The #drive to write, writer's block, and the creative brain. This is a really interesting book. #anditsaugust
I'm a day behind, but here are my #ThisTitlegreatbandname #marchintoreading I think my favorites are The Midnight Disease and Nickle and Dimed. 😎😎😎
#Pi? #Pie! I didn't have any pie today, but can look forward to a cookie tomorrow. Pondering math, after midnight, has me thinking of creative analysis instead. This was a great read to rewrap my brain around; more or less inspiring on writing endeavours. I'll best save it for later. I'm home from work and ready for bed. #marchintoreading
As many as 0.2 percent of the population consistently associates certain colors with sounds. It runs in families and is more common in women than men.
A centipede walked past a spider who said: "I can't tell you how much I admire your walking. I can hardly manage my eight legs; how can you possibly manage a hundred?" With that, the centipede, who had never before given his legs a thought, collapsed in a tangle.
Psychiatric hospitals are not terrible places to write--they bear certain similarities to writers colonies like Yaddo, except that health insurance pays. And except that if you spend too much time in your room writing, "isolative" is entered on your chart.
I always wrote a little more than was normal, but I was able to keep my tendencies discreet. When occasionally a friend would ask if I ever considered publishing what I wrote, I was puzzled; it seemed such a private pleasure that it was as if someone who thought I was good in bed asked if I had considered doing it in public.
If we are all a little bit sick, it is not all that sick to be sick. Illness is even sometimes useful. It is easy to forget that whether a behavior is a disease or a gift may depend on its context.
