Now Where Did My Muse Go? Rekindle Your Desire to Write

Now where did thwt muse go?

  For years, I've often wondered why the use was so important to writers, particularly those who suffer from writer's block. Those who have a lack of inspiration, call out to the muse, in-order to see the. Thought the trials of writing. I often wondered how people find such muses, and I commonly question fellow writers how they enjoy/dislike this method of writing. 

     I rarely get writer's block on short pieces, normally they are thought out enough that I can muster through without the need of a muse to guide me. However, I've found that writing a novel is a different animal entirely, almost a religious experience in-comparison to say, a short post on wildebeest. Granted, if you are fascinated with the wonders of wildebeest, then perhaps you will have a touch of the muse, but I find in most cases, the muse is sought only for deeper meaning writing. 

        This post is about finding that muse, and harnessing her greatest gift: inspiration,mso that your writing will go more smoothly than it has in the past. But first: let us delve further into what a writing muse actually is:

     The muse,mshich now exists in pocket form,is the scandalous guide for would-be writers, and has no merit whatsoever on the actual outcome of said writer's work. They are tidbits, little sparks of inspiration or insanity, (soely dependent on the writer, of course!) which drives the would-be writer to continue to plot and prose their piece, no matter what stalled them before. A muse is like a wake-up shout to the brain, and gets he fingers pressing again. A muse can come in several forms; usually taking on the form of a person, an animal, object, or an allusion to some tranquil or melancholic emotion. There is no way to define a precise muse, but most find them in the most ostentaitious of places. Yet, I've never found a muse to be much more than a psychological game most writers place upon themselves to keep them highly motivated, especially through the thick of a major piece. I find that. It's people seek out a muse, only to embellish their own work, to give it more depth/add to it's substance. However, it's a given fact that most writers who talk about their process, are embellishing quite a bit, as it's  a simple process as compared to, say: editing. 

       So here are some steps to find your personal muse, some I may have listed earlier on in this blog's existence, others that are new to this post. 

    Firstly, find the one thing that drives you to write, even if writing is that number one drive, then use thwt as a means to push forward with the work. See it as a friendly competition to see what wordcountnyou can make in a day, but more-importantly,forget word counts, just bare in mind what exactly you have written, and how you've come to the conclusions you've made in said writing.  Secondly, you may want to leave the desktop behind for a while, and take notes outside: look at people, nature, the environment around you, even stare at a carpet or wooden floor, although I'm not saying for you to count the lines in the floor, but acknowledge them. There are a great deal of ways to find inspiration. Some like to seek it out in a garden, or a study, even other books. Many authors find inspiration by what they read, not just by what they set out to originally write. 

      The muse does like to hide on occasion, and the best way to find her, and those pesky little nymphs that tend to follow her grace, is to search through the back of your own mind, and discover just what is in your mind thwt will set you on the "write" track. You don't want to be look deep into your own head, and find nothing related to the story you set out to tell. The muse is elusive,mans can hide in plain sight as well. Perhaps family,success, even the desire to be better than who you are as a writer are what people use as a muse. Friendship is a strong muse to carry on great novels, especially those writen on the subject. Even finding a muse in other media can help you to abide by the rules of writing. 

     Setting goals, like my infamous ten pages a day, are not necessarily ways to gain a muse, but they are ways to discover what your muse may come to be. Yes, not all people use one muse, in-fact, muses can change from project to project. Stopping the thought of having a singular  use can help you realize that searching out a distinct inspiration may not nevessariy lead you to writing victory. 

       Pocket muses aside, there are other ways of fashioning inspiration for your work. Most people do their best to reminisce on such nostalgic things as the glossy, carefree childhood thwt many have, or perhaps on their wedding day. Many use their love as inspiration, and motivation to do well by them. It takes a very, very understanding person to date, let-alone marry a writer. Most people don't fall for those artistic, deep individuals anymore, because it's cringe-worthy of being an one-way street of economic instability. Yes, a best-seller puts most financial qualms to rest, although not all of them.    The muse helps people who want to excel, because it is, of course, a guideline. So what other ways can you find that muse, and help it to benefit you as a writer? I'll use some personal experiences:

        Although I've  ever much had writer's block in my life, I've been uninspired many times. In hope of rediscovering my flame of inspiration, I went off to find myself. Granted,mi didn't get very far, but I would frequent a cafe of sorts, and drink abut thirty espressos in a row, and take a couple of books with me. It was calming, well, until the espresso kicked in, but for where I was living, it was either there; or up at the park,where I would go and take pictures of the geese that flocked at a pond. 

     Granted, this didn't always rekindle my spirit to write, and like any other task; ( yes,MIT is a task!) I can summarize my reuniting with writing as trying to live without it for a while. Being. Inside one's head for a while without the desire to express any of those feelings at any medium, is crucial to discovering just who you are as an artist. I know writing isn't necessarily a traditional artform, like painting, but the vivid expression which comes from out writing, is equivalent to that still life set-up that fixates a painter or stencilist's muse. 

    The truth is, if you truly are a writer, you will write; eventually, with-or-without a muse to guide them. Granted,the writing with some inspired task, or designated goal, feels more accomplished, but nevertheless, it is more the internal conflict one has, not the external conflict of not writing at all for reasons one cannot control. Internal measure create focus, driven by passion and wonder, never faltering the soul of those who seek to put penmanship to poetry. Nothing but the yearning to tell one's story is the greater muse for the artist. We know we celebrate our miniaturized victories with a glass of sparking long cider, and a loft-view of some precious landscape. We want to tower if only for the moment by which a feather flutters to the grassy bottom.  We all have a muse, and we all need to discover for ourselves just how to find that muse, but one thing I've learned is that it usually lies between the bottle of Jack Dnaiels' and a pint of Rocky Road.