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Sneaking up on the muse
January 10th, 2008
A writer I know of believes that muses, on the whole, tend to be shy and skittish things. Ask the muse questions about plot, characters, etc., that are too direct and she’ll freeze up, give yes/no answers, start filing her nails.
If you keep pressing, she’ll suddenly remember an urgent appointment and take off, with no guarantee that she’ll return any time soon. One has to approach one’s muse indirectly if they are going to get them to spill the beans.
“So…how about those Mariners? And do you have tickets yet to the Storm opener in May? What’s that perfume you’re wearing, it’s great! And by the way, what do you think our heroine was doing at 3 am in the graveyard with mukluks and a shovel on New Years?”
This must be why all my best ideas for my story seem to come to me during work meetings. My mind begins to wander, half in the meeting and half in the world of my imagination. The muse shows up to see what’s going on, and eventually we’re giggling behind our hands like third graders.
I got a doozy of a back-story for one of my characters from my muse today. I tried to look like I was dutifully taking meeting notes while furiously transcribing our conversation.
I hope no one at work ever actually looks at my notebook, lest they wonder exactly which business projects I’m involved in that feature murder, insanity, and assorted occult hijinx…
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I know. Most times I am supposed to write technical articles, I find myself getting ideas for poetry!