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I've never really thought about my muse much, but I suppose I do have one, whether or not it's taken me a while to realize him. What's your muse like? What role does your muse play in your writing experience?
I don't have a specific muse. There will be a person every now and then who'll influence scenarios that lead to stories, but the same thing can be said for a lot of things in the world.
It doesn't take much to get my imagination rolling.
Nope.
I'm like Fin. There is nothing or no one specific, my brain is just constantly going.
For all Eternity I will write, for all the worlds soon to be created......
If I have one, I've learned not to rely on it.
I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been by far; for a might-have-been has never been, but a has-been was once an are. - Milton Berle
First drafts don't have to be crap. You can edit as you write. You don't have to outline. You do have to find the method that works best for you - not the other guy.
Sometimes I think that is more a reference to how my muse feels about my attempts to summon her...amused.
No - But I do have a mouse...
A man in possession of a wooden spoon must be in want of a pot to stir.
Nope, I get ideas from everywhere.
No.
She [Loulou] makes John Irving look like a dyslexic eight-year-old - JosephB
Some stories work better if we pretend they're not true - Louise Beech
Winner of sixth Glass Woman Prize, Aesthetica Creative Works, Whidbey Writer's Award, On the Premises competition and 2012 Eric Hoffer Prose Award. Shortlisted twice for Bridport Prize. Published in Room, Ocean, Prima, People's Friend and Sunday Express magazines. http://www.onthepremises.com/issue_16/story_16_1.html http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c...ail/story.html
unless booze and the moods evoked by certain songs could be considered a "muse".....then no.
"Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.”
My muse is my constant need for attention, praise and validation.
"Some people call me the space cowboy, some call me the gangster of love."
-- Albert Einstein
"I am really only interested in a fiction of miracles."
-- Flannery O'Connor
Muses are really attractive girls with horns and a tail that sneak into your bed at night and suck out your soul right?
No I don't have one of those. Kinda wish I did.
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Sounds like my wife -- except for the horns and tail. Well, I guess she has a tail, but not that kind of tail.
Last edited by JosephB; 07-16-2012 at 04:46 PM.
"Some people call me the space cowboy, some call me the gangster of love."
-- Albert Einstein
"I am really only interested in a fiction of miracles."
-- Flannery O'Connor
My muse is just pure toiling. I'll read my favorite authors for inspiration--kind of a "See, if they can do it, so can you!" pep-talk--but ultimately it's just writing, deleting, and rewriting again (for however many times it takes) that gets the job done.
I find that my muse moments, my brilliant all-of-a-sudden ideas that whip out of nowhere, are usually less than spectacular compared to the pieces that I have to drag, kicking and screaming, through a muddy field.
The pieces I hate writing are the ones I'm usually proud of in the end.
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I'm pretty sure I have a fuse. Does that count?
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