The Muse is a Strange and Finicky Creature

[scribblemyname]

As soon as you commit it to one story, it flies to another. Breath from a Stone and now the unexpected The Dance of Souls are beginning to fill in a cohesive picture, filling in and explaining even more details from stories I already knew in the world of Breath.

This last story began as something in my head, a premise if you will, that did not want to resolve into any of the settings I had already developed. This may be because it came attached to its own and I refused to hire the storyworld. So, the story bounced about, determined to be hired, even if I’d already rejected its setting. I thought it was going to settle nicely into the Alliance, but that didn’t happen because with the Talons and the Medes, there was no way I wanted to dump in another serious Clan premise with ethnic warfare or even conflict.

Then along comes this idea that fits neatly into Falhaer, a mountainous region of the world of Breath, and quickly drags along the characters, then basic situation, then story that I’d been thinking I might just skip.

Suddenly, of course, I want to write it, finish both stories, and thrill in how it even pulls in Sellenyn, whose story I already knew. Except I don’t. I’m supposed to be writing City of Glass.

From our muses, preserve us!

Comments

[pygmymuse.livejournal.com]

The pygmies wanted to find something else to work on, but they had other reasons than their usual finickiness. They have more or less stuck with this one, though they've tossed a few out there that I haven't really started or wanted to play with much.

It's the way it goes with Nano, I think. I had four stories going last November. In the Family, All the Men in My Life, a fanfic, and Any Other Reality, which was my Nano. :P

Maybe if this other idea would be the 50,000 words one, go with it.. It's still early enough for that.

[scribblemyname]

I have considered doing more than one thing on Nano, but alas, I'm not sure if I'll get the one done. I am always amazed at how productive you are.

[pygmymuse.livejournal.com]

I don't mean that you should try and do them at once. I was just thinking if you stood a better chance of finishing the other, you could do it instead.

I don't know that I was all that productive last year, it was more that I had stuff started that was warring with Nano. I finished In the Family eleven days in and figured I'd have an easy time of getting Nano done after that, but then I finally got unstuck on All the Men in My Life and it took over. So I guess it's more that I always have distractions, but I keep trying anyway.

That and I can't seem to manage to do much more than write these days. :(

[scribblemyname]

Ah! That makes sense. And I can never seem to write at all. I'm going to have to start getting up at 2 or 3 in the morning and type for an hour on an Alphasmart!

[pygmymuse.livejournal.com]

I find that insomnia is rather surprisingly helpful if one is wanting to write a lot. :P

[scribblemyname]

I wrote more as an insomniac... But then, I didn't get anything else done either. Between the two, I'll take the sleep. :grins:

[pygmymuse.livejournal.com]

I miss sleep.

Of course, it's been a very long time since I've really had it, so I think I don't remember what it's like.