WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 7 -- Sunday

[linaewen]

Greetings!  linaewen here to serve you this week as we attempt to achieve some writing goals together!  Let's start off by talking about how today has gone for you.

Did you write?

• Yes!
• No!

If yes, what kind of writerly activity did you engage in?  If no, what were the obstacles/situations that affected your writerly pursuits?

For Discussion:  Some writers talk about their Muse, from whom they get their inspiration when the Muse is willing to work with them -- other times they complain that their Muse is trying to change the plot on them, or has run away and they can't write until the Muse returns!  Do you have a Muse?  If so, does your Muse have a specific personality?  How does your Muse help (or hinder) you when you are trying to work on a writing project?

 

Have a great writing day today!  May your Muse be cooperative!

 

Comments

[linaewen]

It's early for me so I haven't started my writing day yet, but I'm looking forward to a good day of accomplishing some writing goals. It's totally a "me" day today, so I'm going to try to make the best of it!

I lightheartedly refer to my Muse when I am discussing my writing with fellow writers. My Muse is usually my main character who tells me how the story (or chapter as the case may be) should go and what other characters should be involved in the situation. I've never really felt like my Muse left me high and dry when I needed inspiration -- rather, my Muse bugs me when I should be writing but I'm letting Real Life things get in the way.

[elistaire]

No writing today -- I'm visiting family and didn't bring my laptop along. But I'm mulling over an idea for a story to a challenge I signed up for, so that's all good. Because I have a solid idea to start working on.

No muse for me. It is rather more about my energy levels. Do I have the energy to write and do I have a large enough chunk of time to write.

[lielac]

I wrote. Ye gods, did I and Riese write. That sound you hear is the sound of the Nasuverse's boot-heel grinding my heart into the pavement, and then me deciding I haven't had enough grimdark in my life the past couple days and writing MOAR COLLABFIC BUT THIS TIME GRAIL WAR TIME. Oh god. Oh god, Fate/stay night. And Fate/zero. And. And I need a Saber icon. Or five. Maybe I could survive with just one Saber icon and one Joan icon... hmm... I need a Saber Glare icon, I know that much.

Muse... Muse... eh. Mine doesn't have a specific existence, or if she does she chooses to work through flashes of inspiration when happy with me and characters being stubborn when she's not. My characters run the show, and my characters need to be available in my brain for me to write them... I guess maybe I've a multiple-personality muse, hehe.

[barbayat]

Writing session yesterday was very succesful! Caught up with my goal (except for 100 words) from last week and the previous one ... and finished another chapter of the story.

I sometimes refer to it as my muse but it is more a figure of speech. When my muse is gone, it means I just don't feel creative or I am depressed > the result is I just can't write.