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[history_gurl]

Found: One John Sheppard muse. This muse is very tenacious. He has been babbling in my ear since he wandered through that open door in my brain. I have fed him, and petted him, and still he won't shut up. If anyone has misplaced their Sheppard muse, feel free to take him back. I just came here to read, honest.

Needed: One beta reader for Stargate Atlantis fan fic. Having been beset by the aforementioned Sheppard muse for over a week now, I have decided to treat the affliction by writing. I know, I know, this will only make him comfortable and enjoin him to put his lovely boots up on the desk and stay awhile, but, ya know, he's sorta cute. And you never know, he just might invite Rodney over later.

Comments

[pengke.livejournal.com]

Do you really talk to him or is it just a figure of speech?

[history-gurl.livejournal.com]

Um, which will make you think I'm less crazy? :)

To be honest, I really do "hear" the voices in my head when I'm writing. I usually start with a line that somebody says, or an image of a scene, and then the muses start talking. I hear the dialogue while I write it.

But I don't talk back. Really. Or at least not much. *g*

[pengke.livejournal.com]

There's nothing crazy about it. You should look it up online sometime. There are groups for people who hear voices and livejournal communities for people with characters living in their head.

Not that I could judge anyway. I'm not the only person living in my body and we also share this journal. It's just interesting to hear how people relate to their muses. Sometimes people talk about their muses being talkative but they mean it more figuratively or they mean that they feel pushed to write out the storyline. Do you find it hard to write without the voices?

- Alanna

[history-gurl.livejournal.com]

I'm okay with crazy most days.

Sometimes I'm being figurative when I mention pushy muses, but most of the time, I really mean it. And it is difficult to write when I can't hear them. Those are the stories that stay on my hard drive, unfinished exercises in futility.

But when they are talking it is wonderful. I'm just surprised at how many of them are talking to me these days.

[pengke.livejournal.com]

Do you get a muse for each story or just one per character?

(I hope you don't mind the questions. I like hearing how other people write.)