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Blah, blah, Bohemien ...

1/23/2014

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I know many writers who are adamant about creating and maintaining a writing schedule.  I do so admire their diligence.  However, I am easily bored ... and I'm not a big fan of staring at the blank page, awaiting inspiration.

In truth, although I've recently cleared the decks in order to write, my time is still up for grabs.  I am at the whim of whatever suddenly needs attending to. If nothing needs attending to ... well, something always needs attending to.

Besides, my muse is remarkably elusive when hunted, so unless I have some pressing need to write a letter, or some such, I generally wait until inspiration finds me, and then all else gets pushed to the far wall, more or less.

Often, my muse's timing presents me with some awkward situations, during which I can't very well say to someone, "Shut up!  I have to write this down!" or when there's nowhere to pull the car over to make a note, or at three A.M.

As I have mentioned before, it is my hope that the ether, that vast repository wherein the unaccommodated flotsam and jetsam of shipwrecked ideas float in limbo, might actually yield some of that treasure back to me one day.

But, whether it does or not, there is no clock on Earth that can compel me to sit and wait for it, or for newer stock to show up.  I have sincerely tried this a time or two, and always I have epically failed at it.    

So, my more organized fellow writers ... the kin with whom I share that mapless ether ... you who adhere to you clocks, your schemes, and your charted time ... I must confess, with all due respect, that it's just not my gig. 


 





    
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Kelly Cozy link
1/23/2014 08:29:45 am

One of the hardest parts of becoming a writer is establishing your process. Because what works for you works for you. I've seen lots of writers who believe that because their process works for them, that's what everyone should be doing. And I've seen writers who use a process that doesn't work for them because they believe it's what they should be doing, or because Famous Writer Whatsisface used that process.

All writers have to find what works for them individually. As long as you write, that's all that matters.

I know what you mean about inopportune visits by the muse. I once missed my exit on the freeway because the muse was gabbing at me. :)

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Janice
2/17/2014 07:12:52 am

Oh, for want of a Muse Stasis Mode option ... AKA, a "Freeze" button.

The track I'm on with my story feels intuitive to me, so I'm sticking with it for now. (I secretly detest clocks).

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    I've written many poems over the years.  This blog is a preview of my books: Echoes, Neo-Victorian Poetry (April 2013), Echoes ll, More Neo-Victorian Poetry (May 2014), Echoes lll, Even More Neo-Victorian Poetry, (August 2016), A Compilation of Echoes. (September 2016), and When None Command (April 13, 2019)

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