tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post2068405392220402642..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: When the Muse Takes a PowderLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-73621357821225901922019-09-21T13:03:11.386-04:002019-09-21T13:03:11.386-04:00A terrific blog, Janice. Like RT Lawton, I never (...A terrific blog, Janice. Like RT Lawton, I never (well, almost never) throw unfinished pieces away. I’m hopeful that some future version of myself will have the inspiration I’m currently lacking.Lawrence Maddoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03057386966178865691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-56225271714673631492019-09-21T08:32:53.984-04:002019-09-21T08:32:53.984-04:00Thanks for the kind words and good luck with all t...Thanks for the kind words and good luck with all those great beginnings and absent middles.<br /><br />Well, Aubrey Beardsley was almost certainly classically educated so not surprising if he got inspiration in the Greek vases.An interesting point, though.janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-57630179535409080182019-09-20T20:35:43.122-04:002019-09-20T20:35:43.122-04:00It's a little comforting to realize the greats...It's a little comforting to realize the greats suffered too.<br /><br />Janice, I experienced the oddest reaction to the Grecian (I believe) urn at the end of your article. I almost swear Aubrey Beardsley could have created it.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-64132361162794849062019-09-20T17:10:12.552-04:002019-09-20T17:10:12.552-04:00Great post, Janice. And timely as hell for me. I j...Great post, Janice. And timely as hell for me. I just wrote in my writing journal this morning how the work itself begets more product. Having spent several fallow "eight hour days of unproductive misery myself recently, I was reminded all over again the benefits of journaling about your work. It really can (for me at least) lasso the muse and get her pondering your stuff again. Thanks for writing and posting this!Brian Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14164348967846859987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-55752477022458295312019-09-20T10:57:59.224-04:002019-09-20T10:57:59.224-04:00Ideas, boy... I am pretty good at creating charac...Ideas, boy... I am pretty good at creating characters and premises, so I can write the first two pages and be happy with it. Then I have to think of a plot to go with the premise, and everything goes to hell. RIght now I have three or four wonderful openings on file waiting for a story to go with them...Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-60461618545554902152019-09-20T09:38:57.866-04:002019-09-20T09:38:57.866-04:00I so agree with your post, Janice. When the Muse ...I so agree with your post, Janice. When the Muse heads to the Yukon, I work on other things. And, as I've said before, I almost always have 3+ stories where I got stuck, so I can bounce between them, working on this one while the other one sticks its fingers in its ears and goes "Nyah, nyah, nyah".Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-76585329193810076002019-09-20T08:43:47.718-04:002019-09-20T08:43:47.718-04:00Janice, and that's why I don't throw aband...Janice, and that's why I don't throw abandoned work away. Sometimes you can come back to them much later and get excited about the piece all over again.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-17549933258201358462019-09-20T07:43:19.934-04:002019-09-20T07:43:19.934-04:00Thanks. The writing process may be partly mysterio...Thanks. The writing process may be partly mysterious but there does seem to be a commonality of experience which is sometimes a consolation.janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-6409564983913552302019-09-20T06:58:51.383-04:002019-09-20T06:58:51.383-04:00"The subconcious takes time to fill up" ..."The subconcious takes time to fill up" – yes. And " ideas come directly from work" – yes again. Good article.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-63558692288422713702019-09-20T03:28:04.536-04:002019-09-20T03:28:04.536-04:00I agree. Last year I took six weeks off from editi...I agree. Last year I took six weeks off from editing to write. I was so excited at the start and wrote three stories in two weeks. Then it got harder. I kept finding myself turning on the TV, then scolding myself: "You've waited so long for this dedicated writing time. Don't squander it." So I'd go write, but the ideas didn't come as easily. The fifth (and final) story I wrote in that period needed six drafts before I was happy with it (which is a lot for me). And then when I reread it months later, when my muse wasn't so depleted, I still saw big problems. Thankfully by then I was in the right mindset to somewhat easily fix them. Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.com