Kirk Novak: A List to Make America Free Again, Republican Presidential...
A Coat of Paint and It’ll Be Good as New Keep Hairmerica Parted to the Right Land of the FREE* USA T-SHIRT *tee shirt free with second mortgage I Need the Health Insurance Plan End of Regulations...
View ArticleDWWP Invites You to Our Live Lit Show: Lit Up!
Drinkers with Writing Problems is excited to announce our new monthly live lit show: Lit Up! Each month, we will produce a show that will highlight some of Chicago’s most creative writers and...
View ArticleKim Nelson: How We Define Ourselves
The popularity of Buzzfeed quizzes show us how much we love to define ourselves. Whether it’s determining our house from Harry Potter (textbook Ravenclaw here), kindred Disney princess (Anna but I...
View ArticleConor Cawley: When You Have a Novel Stuck in Your Head
The creative process is a long and arduous one. It takes months, sometimes even years for ideas to take the shape of anything real. You contemplate and consider, ponder and pontificate, wonder and wait...
View ArticleEmily Lund: 10 Vacation Tips
As a way to get the writers of DWWP to write more, we have assigned some writing prompts and themes. This post starts out our latest theme, “Vacation”. My grandfather always said, “They can take...
View ArticleMurphy Row: Corinthians 2016 (an Exercise in Plagiarism)
I did it, I did what no comedian should ever do. I stole from another comedian. Nothing more shameful or frowned upon exists in the community of comedians than stealing a joke. Yet every other week...
View ArticleKirk Novak: Religion
“Look, he’s doing it again.” The short blond haired man tapped the tall brown haired woman in the chest and pointed to Oscar, the orange cat. “You hit me in the boob,” she replied. She stared at him,...
View ArticleDavid Jester: The Night Was…
“The night was humid.” Throw Momma From the Train is a funny and accurate movie describing the host of dilemmas and tribulations writers face. This film encompasses all aspects of the creative process,...
View ArticleDavid Jester: 6 Tips for Better Writing in 2018
Lets all take a deep breath and close our eyes. Feel the breath enter through your nose. Nice and controlled. Let the sweet air fill your lungs, slow and prolonged. Feel your ribs expand. Now exhale....
View ArticleDWWP is Open for Submissions!
Do you have a wild piece of writing that’s been sitting there, burning a hole in your drawer? If so, we want to see it! Drinkers With Writing Problems is now open for submissions from guest writers....
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