Muse for sale or rent.

PeeDee · Jan 23, 2007

Right. So. Last night, I finished the first episode of my robot serial project that I've been working on. Each episode has to be a minimum of 15,000 words. No problem.

I hit 12,000 words on the first episode...and was done! My brain went into "wrap it up" mode and was tidying it away, leaving me 3,000 words short! So, I stopped and struggled with it.

It was a pain in the neck, but I managed to find another couple of scenes that were interesting and useful and cool, and writing them got me over the 15,000 word mark. Go me!

...Except...

...Except, ten minutes after I finish writing the first episode....My muse suddenly comes up with a big storyline for this episode. It weaves in and out of the current scenes, and it makes it a really cool and exciting first episode, and it's really good, and not only that but it'll make it twice as long (which isn't a problem; the 15k is a minimum).

GARRRR!! Why didn't my muse do this BEFORE I struggled to wrap up the episode?

So, that said, I'm offering my muse for sale, or lease if you want. She's got a fair number of miles on her and she tends to stare at things a little sideways, but maybe you can use her.

All yours.

*stomp stomp stomp stomp SLAM*

Stew21 · Jan 23, 2007

I think mine jumped ship and swam ashore, is living it up with some drunk sailors on a nearby beach.
Can I borrow your muse just long enough to send her after mine and drag her back?

Thanks.

PeeDee · Jan 23, 2007

All yours. No hurry to send her back. I'll just do some useful writing while she's gone.

A. Hamilton · Jan 23, 2007

Perhaps we could just have a muse exchange, hmm?
I think maybe mine was on exchange yesterday, cause the one whispering in my ear was speaking some foreign talk and my WIP looked like nothing I've ever done before. (jury's still out whether that's a good or bad thing)

PeeDee · Jan 23, 2007

P.H.Delarran said:
Perhaps we could just have a muse exchange, hmm?
I think maybe mine was on exchange yesterday, cause the one whispering in my ear was speaking some foreign talk and my WIP looked like nothing I've ever done before. (jury's still out whether that's a good or bad thing)

"Tell me what to write, Muse..."

"Okay! High five! I am thinking this book is you are looking for a pretty woman, for five dollar, yes?"

"What? Good lord, no. I need to know if Steven pulls the knife on Rachael."

"She is good for five dolar, very clean, no? You are to asking me if she is worth two chickens?"

"Would you LEAVE?"

Stew21 · Jan 23, 2007

I'm struggling to get through this part of my current novel in progress, and last night out of the blue, muse yells from land, "hey what about the girl locked in the trunk of the car?" and I think..."there's no girl locked in the trunk of the car! There's one female in the whole gd book - besides the MC's mom. WTF are you talking about you drunk muse?"

On second thought, she can stay on the island.

PeeDee · Jan 23, 2007

Maybe you should check the trunk and make sure? THAT would certainly help move the manuscript along. suddenly, there's a girl in the trunk...!

Stew21 · Jan 23, 2007

no kidding...she might be right! HOly crap, it's not the book I thought it was!

Stew21 · Jan 23, 2007

Wonder what Ernest Hemingway's ghost will have to say about that....

PeeDee · Jan 23, 2007

"He opened the trunk. The girl was there."

That's what he would have said.

Stew21 · Jan 23, 2007

His ghost is sort of hanging around my MC, so Ernest might be the one to say, "hey buddy, check the trunk. this reminds me of the time I went to Lyon with Scott."

Shadow_Ferret · Jan 23, 2007

Ew. Buy PeeDee's muse? I've seen it. It picks it's nose. No thanks.

roach · Jan 23, 2007

What's the going rate for a muse these days? The only data point I have is from The Muse and she was pretty expensive. Right now all I have is whatever funds are in the savings account (aka whatever change I find lying around the house).

A. Hamilton · Jan 23, 2007

Pay the muse? Oh darn, I suppose I was supposed to feed her too...

PeeDee · Jan 23, 2007

Shadow_Ferret said:
Ew. Buy PeeDee's muse? I've seen it. It picks it's nose. No thanks.

It may pick its nose, but it's pretty okay to look at.

But if you're not interested.........

Shadow_Ferret · Jan 23, 2007

Nah. There's something wrong with her neck. She can't keep her head up.

Kate Thornton · Jan 23, 2007

King of the Board (sung for PeeDee)

Muse for sale or rent
Coffee to write, 50 cent
No jobs, contracts or checks
Ain't got no rejects yet
Ah, but two hours of typing hard
Gets a chance at the AW board
It's mise en scene by no means
King of the Board!

PeeDee · Jan 23, 2007

Dear Kate,

Will you marry me?

Yours,
Pete

Kate Thornton · Jan 23, 2007

LOL! PeeDee, we're both already married! But I'll take a quick kiss.

MidnightMuse · Jan 23, 2007

I'd trade Muses with you, but I prefer boy ones.

Well, Men - technically. I'm not a sicko or 'nuthin.

And he's gotta be a drinker.

The Lady · Jan 23, 2007

My muse will over ever tell me half the idea at a time. I leave the computer distraught and bewildered by a pile of mindless nonsense. Sometime the next day she'll explain what she really meant. I swear I can hear her laugh. I like her. She has great contacts but she's nasty to first drafts.

I

MidnightMuse · Jan 23, 2007

Here, you can borrow him for a week - but I want him back.

He gets a little lonely at night, and likes to spoon.

PeeDee · Jan 23, 2007

My muse is Columbo. I only dream that it's Aisha Tyler. In reality, it's not.

Shadow_Ferret · Jan 23, 2007

My muse is Quasimodo. We talked about this.

Or was Quasimodo my internal editor?

Oops. Wrong Quasi.

Stew21 · Jan 23, 2007

My muse just fell down on the beach, stupid drunk, singing, "son of a son of a sailor"....good Lord.

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