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[lady_karelia]

Authors frequently refer to their muse. Sometimes they give it a name, othertimes they simply refer to 'the muse'. It got me curious.

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[veradee.livejournal.com]

Hm, I still think a muse is female.

Yes, true. It happens to me as well that I actually know what I intend to write, but just don't find the right words. Apart from that I find it difficult to come up with a plot in the first place. I rarely have several plot bunnies hopping around in my head like some other writers seem to do.

I just don't like the expression "muse" very much because I interpret it as some influence from the outside. Instead, it's my own creativity that got stuck, and it has nothing to do with some 'deity'.

There are professional authors who say that you just have to sit down every day and write - even if it is crap. They claim that you just have to keep going. Perhaps they are right, but for me writing stories is a hobby, not a job so that I haven't tried it yet really.

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Personally, I don't associate muse with deity, and I also agree that it's one's own creativity.

I do find, though, that the more often I write the easier the writing becomes, including getting tickled with plot bonnies.