"Write drunk, edit sober"

  Workshops love to hear this old newsroom advice. I have found it to be increasingly true in my own writing. There is a second shift that only comes on duty at 5 PM or so, over the yardarm. Here's my new "write drunk" cocktail: a deep glug of Campari in a tall glass, add Ayala's ginger lemon peel herbal water (no sweeteners in this organic brew). Leave room for ice. Enjoy lofty thoughts. You can thank me later.