The most important ingredient in writing

Well that makes sense to me - I can only drink gin if it's heavily disguised in a beautifully balanced craft cocktail.

 

I can't drink and write fiction--even one drink is a serious problem; two shuts the fiction factory down.

I can drink and write nonfiction just fine. I don't know that it's any good, but I don't feel the same shutdown.

I find this interesting--to me, it means that fiction-writing really is a fundamentally different brain process.

 

Well in a strange way, alcohol is kinda like a truth serum. So that might
be a factor in the difference between fiction and nonfiction writing.
Then again Poe would be a hard challenge against this theory.

 

Don't tell them it has alcohol in it. If they knew, the stuff would be disappearing like it was being flushed down the sink!

 

You do realize that you would be the richest man on earth if you had gravity defying
ability such as flight, that it would break the laws of physics and reality, and would
change the face of humanity forever as a whole, right?

 

There isn't just one thing.

But a fun scene. We all know what fun is.

 

"Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted."

Kurt Vonnegut

 

Let's not forget, not all writing should sound 'fun'. I love good horror, which might be dark, tense and even shocking, but 'fun' is probably not the right word.
Also, like making a cake (not that I know much about this), you need ALL the ingredients if you expect anyone to actually eat it.

 

Engaging?