Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 26, 2018

The problem is when you’re editing sober and trying to remember what you meant when you wrote it.

I’m sure Hemingway meant the “write drunk” part literally, not so sure about the “edit sober” part, unless he meant somebody else who’s sober should edit for him..

I looked this one up recently. I wasn’t Hemingway, but James Crumley. My version is write tired, edit rested and caffeinated.

I think Caulfield will find discipline is going to find him.

Love the Key West shirt for Hemingway.

That should be a pop up tip in Email apps.

“I’d rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.” - Fred Allen

I’m almost 62 and still waiting for the discipline.

I’m seventy-something, and I’m still looking for it.

“Write drunk. Edit?” —Dylan Thomas

Even though Hemingway did not say this, it fits so well with his persona.

Is this the first hint in the annual “Guess what character Caulfield will dress as for Halloween” series?

Caulfield gets it. 30 is about the age when one either recognizes the need for strong self-discipline and takes steps to acquire the necessary skill set or boots the next ten years of one’s life.

Then he’ll never find discipline.

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I’m not sure what Hemingway would think today about writing drunk, what with the “send” key always perilously close at hand, but I sure do like his philosophy in a general context. And I mean general to the point of abstract, as I’m not one to write, or do anything else, drunk. But I do like the idea of throwing caution to the wind while writing, or at least while writing the first couple of drafts. It’s not very efficient, but I think it yields more interesting material.

Definitely, definitely edit sober.

And remember that we’re talking about writing here. Speech and other immediate forms of communication don’t share writing’s luxury of separate writing and editing compartments. Closest you’ll get is a slogan that ends with “apologize sober."