If my Muse is 'In', I can usually manage a couple of hours writing per day, though a surprising amount will be brief snatches, scribbling corrections into note-pad...
Joined: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 13 Location: South-East England, currently
Re: Muse dependent...
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:15 pm
Nik wrote:
If my Muse is 'In', I can usually manage a couple of hours writing per day, though a surprising amount will be brief snatches, scribbling corrections into note-pad...
Sadly, my Muse has taken 2008 as a sabbatical...
Is being a poser a prerequisite of being a member of this forum???
Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 523 Location: Upstate New York
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:04 am
Lately, I haven't spent much time writing, because most of my time has been spent drawing. And what I haven't spent drawing, I've spent formatting my forthcoming poetry collection and dealing with my various submissions.
I really must find time for writing again soon, but finishing the collection comes first. And then there are other illustration projects to deal with, too. The editor of Abandoned Towers wants me to send her lots of colour illustrations for her Zazzle store, and she also wants me to do illustrations for her small-press, Cyberwizard Productions.
I'm starting to think that art has become my career, and writing will be a side-line! _________________ "I'm going to do what the warriors of old did. I'm going to recite poetry!"
Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 523 Location: Upstate New York
Re: Muse dependent...
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:25 am
Dave wrote:
Is being a poser a prerequisite of being a member of this forum???
And what, pray tell, do you mean by that?
My poetry writing is HIGHLY dependent upon my muse. When she whispers in my ear I had better listen, because that means the creativity is about to flow freely. At these times I've been known to finish a decent-length poem in one sitting.
At other times, when my muse remains silent, I struggle with the words, with the lines, with the stanzas. These are the moments when I might be lucky to get a couple of stanzas done in one sitting.
And yet, I have had about ninety-five poetry publications in various venues since I began my poetic odyssey on March 21, 2007. Right now I'm working on my first-ever poetry collection, after receiving a publication offer from a tradfitional small-press publisher. So I guess there is a method to my madness after all.
Some people might feel that novels are the only worthwhile writing venture. Well, perhaps that's true money-wise, but I think poetry is the purer written artform. After all, poetry is all about the art of writing.
Anyway, I fully believe in the concept of the muse, even if it is just a portion of your own subconscious speaking to you. And if that makes Nik a poser, or that makes me a poser, then so be it.
I would rather be a poser than a loser. _________________ "I'm going to do what the warriors of old did. I'm going to recite poetry!"
Dave, I'm no Artist, I've never claimed to be more than an occasional, amateur scribbler.
Okay, it shows... But so what ??
I prefer to read and write 'Hard SF' per Clark & Sheffield, Asher & Stross. I've been hacking away at my 'Convention' arc since the '70s. But, I also have a taste for Fantasy. When a tale presents itself that I can tell, I try my best. When the Muse was 'In' during surreal 'Project Lorraine', I was writing and posting a chapter a week.
Happens PL was an accidental spin-off from wry short-short 'Bete Noir', was planned as a novelette, grew to my first complete novel...
When the Muse is 'Out', call it 'Writers Block', 'Real World Interrupt' and/or 'Domestic Priorities', words just will not come. The gaps can last weeks, months, even years, and really, really hurt. Then the tide turns. I picked up one stalled tale after a decade, finished the open sentence and kept writing. IMHO, 'Autumn' is still one of my best.
FWIW, the programs on my 'serious' PC include TurboCAD 9, FloorPlan 6,8 & 10 and, yes, Poser 3, 4 & 7.
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Joined: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 13 Location: South-East England, currently
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:46 pm
These replies are very long... compared to a one sentance question.
My point is that statements like "my muse" are very cliched and pose-y, and you must know what I mean, because of the length of reaction. There are so many writers that are just writers, because they're writers, and don't you know it? It's more of a pose, than something they love and eventually want to make money out of. And they all use cliched, years-old phrases like "my muse" etc. I only judge from what I see written, like every good critic.
Anyhow, I don�t care THAT much what either of you think. Every moment I spend arguing with you could spend writing my own script, productively. If you want to help productively critique me and vica versa, I�m interested � [email protected]. And no, I�m not just asking for a critique because I love you, Nik...
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I'm going to try a new strategy this week, to make myself write for at least 15 minutes. If it's not happening after 15, I can give up, but I want to force myself to give it at least that much of a chance every day. _________________ Violet "Violanthe" Kane
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Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 231 Location: Kent, England, U.K.
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:23 pm
I have not read many of Nik�s posts but I would not consider using the word �muse� to be posing, especially if it has gone on a sabbatical! It is a shorter word than inspiration. Of course �muse� is clich�d but that is what makes it usable in an everyday situation. I don�t think she was claiming to be anything out of the ordinary.
Now if you�ll excuse me I�m going to put on my smoking jacket and wait for inspiration whilst sipping a glass of Madeira. My head resting delicately on my slender hand.
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Of course �muse� is clich�d but that is what makes it usable in an everyday situation. I don�t think she was claiming to be anything out of the ordinary.
