Comments on: Finished, Part 2 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:01:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: mcewen http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/#comment-11190 Wed, 30 May 2007 22:28:32 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/#comment-11190 Sounds like 'recharge the batteries' time. Cheers Sounds like ‘recharge the batteries’ time.
Cheers

]]> by: Melissa Marsh http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/#comment-11174 Wed, 30 May 2007 18:52:24 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/#comment-11174 I've gone through this after finishing something, but I can only take it for so long before I have to start writing again. I get grouchy and my husband doesn't like to be around me. ;) I’ve gone through this after finishing something, but I can only take it for so long before I have to start writing again. I get grouchy and my husband doesn’t like to be around me. ;)

]]> by: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/#comment-11173 Wed, 30 May 2007 18:44:53 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/#comment-11173 It's amazing how deadlines inspire creativity, isn't it? I'm laughing over the rock-blasting muse. If you see him at the beach, you may want to turn and run in the other direction. Unless, of course, he's chatting with Stephen King. It’s amazing how deadlines inspire creativity, isn’t it?

I’m laughing over the rock-blasting muse. If you see him at the beach, you may want to turn and run in the other direction. Unless, of course, he’s chatting with Stephen King.

]]> by: Marsha Moyer http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/#comment-11165 Wed, 30 May 2007 17:04:17 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/#comment-11165 Teri, in my experience it's usually been the switch-flipping scenario. Depends upon whether I'm under contract, though! As you know, deadlines often don't leave the luxury of waiting for the muse to return. I'm contractless now for the first time in 16 months, so it will be interesting to see how things play out. Kath, I sincerely hope my muse is at the beach, since I'm going there next week; maybe I'll find her wandering along the shoreline. (Although, if you subscribe to Stephen King's version of the muse, he's more likely to be a hairy fat guy in a sand chair, guzzling beer and blasting Van Halen.) Teri, in my experience it’s usually been the switch-flipping scenario. Depends upon whether I’m under contract, though! As you know, deadlines often don’t leave the luxury of waiting for the muse to return. I’m contractless now for the first time in 16 months, so it will be interesting to see how things play out.

Kath, I sincerely hope my muse is at the beach, since I’m going there next week; maybe I’ll find her wandering along the shoreline. (Although, if you subscribe to Stephen King’s version of the muse, he’s more likely to be a hairy fat guy in a sand chair, guzzling beer and blasting Van Halen.)

]]> by: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/#comment-11162 Wed, 30 May 2007 16:46:15 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/#comment-11162 How do you usually recover from this, Marsha? Is it something that does seem to resolve overnight, like someone's flipped a switch? Or do you have to force yourself, eventually, to sit and become creative again? I fall into this same scenario sometimes. I still haven't figured out an effective way to de-funk. Good luck! How do you usually recover from this, Marsha? Is it something that does seem to resolve overnight, like someone’s flipped a switch? Or do you have to force yourself, eventually, to sit and become creative again?

I fall into this same scenario sometimes. I still haven’t figured out an effective way to de-funk.

Good luck!

]]> by: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/#comment-11158 Wed, 30 May 2007 15:58:47 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/30/finished-part-2/#comment-11158 I've had those periods too, where I couldn't stand to read anything, and even watching a sitcom was too much to handle. I like to take walks to clear the head. There's something about the monotony of walking that fosters calmness...at least in me. But hang in. Your muse is probably at the beach, taking some time off, but she'll be ready to return soon! I’ve had those periods too, where I couldn’t stand to read anything, and even watching a sitcom was too much to handle. I like to take walks to clear the head. There’s something about the monotony of walking that fosters calmness…at least in me.

But hang in. Your muse is probably at the beach, taking some time off, but she’ll be ready to return soon!

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