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Would I see marked improvements in writing ability if I just wrote 8-14 hours a day like Balzac purportedly did? Why do people obsess over the key to writing if they can just edge like Balzac and find their Muse on the edge of orgasm for 14 hours straight? It can't be that hard, can it? I'm only a few pots of coffee and hours of maintaining a single erection away from being a master Auteur. Of course, the near-mad state just propels the writing, but the writing itself (for hours and hours) can only increase its own quality by mere practice and exposure.

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>would I get better at something if I practiced hard

>> No.21211329

>>21211300
Very intriguing to learn that I am following in the footsteps of Balzac in this respect. I've never understood the people on here who said they could only write 'post-nut'. Riding the wave is the only way I know.

>> No.21211355

>>21211300
The OP pic is total bullshit, there is no worse state to be in than the one described for Balzac. The sleepy state isn't much better - I've tried that one a lot and the only thing it's good for is writing schizo scribbles. Like dozing off and waking up to see a couple of extra lines of coherent but totally insane ramblings.
Just practice. Long, intelligent, mindful practice will result in massive improvements in skill pretty quickly.