Every writer has two kinds of food: smart food for the brain and munchy snacks that’s not really all that good for you.
Come on, admit it. We all have them. Not just writers either. But perhaps writers are best known for their vices.
I eat brain food when I edit. I need all the power I can get. Munchy snacks are for manic writing. Coffee fits both categories (I know it doesn’t, but I keep telling myself it does). Black, please.
For me, avocados are my smart food. I spent many summers as a very young child in Florida with my grandparents. So you could say I inherited the craving. I like avocados all kinds of ways. Plain slices. Halved with oil and seasoning where the pit was. Sliced or smushed on sandwiches. But my favorite way is cut into little chunks, then pressed onto a lightly mayonnaised saltine.
For munchy snacks, I always go back to the same thing: Twizzlers. If I don’t have any, then it’s gummies. We’re talking manic writing and manic eating, so I can go through a whole bag of Twizzlers in a sitting. That’s why I don’t keep them in my desk anymore, but rather under lock and key in the kitchen. Where I can control how many I eat.
These days, while I have little I can do but write and edit, I find myself swilling coffee while munching avocado crackers, followed by a twizzler dessert.
Somehow, strangely, it works.
What works for you?
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