Writing Process · 8:26pm Jul 1st, 2017
Me: "Okaaaay... I have the last three chapters plotted out and-"
Muse: "Four chapters."
Me: Sighs and nods. "Riiight. Four chapters now. Okay. Let's get started..."
*faint computer keyboard noises*
Me: "Wait a sec... The guard in this scene is just a prop really, but Lulu's gonna be interacting with the Chamberlain. What's she like? What does she even look like and is she super friendly and easy going with Lulu or does she have a tree crammed up her plot?"
Muse: *shrugs*
Me: "Great. Thanks for your help. Hrm... I really don't want to have to write up a new character... I promised I wouldn't! But... Oh, fuck it!" *opens up notebook.ai and creates a new character*
Muse: Pops up and chirps, "It looks like you're writing a character outline? Would you like help? 1) Get help with writing the outline. 2) Stop writing the outline and have a nap."
*an hour of keyboard tapping and head scratching later...*
Me: "Enough! Enough. That'll do. I don't need to know about her sexual prefs or the stories that her Grand-dam used to tell her about Nightmare Moon. I don't need spend hours inventing 'thestral' culture for this AU, it's not a story about batpones after all. I know what she looks like and how she relates to Lulu. That should be enough, I hope. Let's get back to writing this scene."
*two hours of writing, re-writing, deleting, moving passages around, re-writing, and hunting-for-just-the-right-pseudomedievalish-sounding-phrase later...*
Me: "Ok, good. Not great, but it'll do. I can start on the dream sequence next and-"
Muse: "This would probably work better from the Chamberlain's POV."
Me: "..."
Muse: "..."
Me: "I hate it when you're right."
Fucking muses...
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I probably should've just had a nap instead.