Troubles With Muses

[fae_boleyn]

So, once again my Tudor muse has slunk back into the corner and left Inception-muse alone. Or rather not, because here's AMTBR again. You see, a while back I created a tie-in universe to my AMTBR series in order to explore a pairing I hadn't been able to fit into any of the main stories - that was my first foray into slash, a femslash canon/OC pairing. The crew over on the Primeval Denial comm (Christ, I have to get back over there) liked it well enough; that's one of the few groups I've seen where OC/canon romance works very well; probably because they have a line-up of fanon characters that are shared amongst writers.

Anyway, those of you who have read my A/A/E "Three Is More Than Just Company" series or my A/E fic "No Questions Asked" met alternate versions of said OC; Arthur's friend Ashley Stafford. I'm thinking of making their relationship a little closer - no, not romantically, think stepsiblings. I'm also thinking of doing a living version of Arthur's twin from "Ghost of a Rose", because I really liked Aubrey and I wonder what the real her would be like. Take that and an idea I had about my American answer to Torchwood, DESI, about agents' kids being recruited almost automatically, and I think I may have another oneshot series idea in my head. Arthur/Eames and Ariadne/Yusuf this time, I think; if I can maybe I'll even slip in some Saito/Fischer, along with the established Ashley/Jenny Lewis ship. If I have Aubrey... IDK, another OC maybe? Or Cobb? Weird idea, that. I will consider it.

You may have noticed a pattern with me - I seem to do a lot with Arthur. I don't know why he comes most easily to me, but he does and has from day one; my first Inception fic was basically an Arthur character study, and the theme was set. I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing, it's just odd. I don't usually have this kind of thing happen, not so determinedly, but then, until recently all I wrote was OC-centric fics. *ponders* Granted, I am now toying with a Saito/Fischer/Ariadne AU (or perhaps not, if the top didn't fall...) so maybe that's a sign that I'm branching out?

In the meantime... I'm working on the next few fics in the "Three Is More..." series, jumping around them as I usually do. Ariadne's family is fun in my head, but why is writing happy-yet-quirky families so difficult? I didn't have nearly this much trouble with Arthur, Eames, and their less pleasant family stuff. More proof of a brain hard-wired for angst, apparently. Next up is a pair of kink meme fills, this really cute marriage one and another one I'd rather not say because it's a spoiler. (Though if you've read my other rambles and noticed some of my odd research topics you already know or can work out what's up next.) And I am still debating a question I've had for some time: to write smut or not to write smut? I don't know, we'll see. They do have a honeymoon coming up, but... (Perhaps read more Anita Blake for inspiration?)

I really think I need to kickstart my Tudor muse, though. New chapters are sitting half-finished on my flash drive and it's annoying. Time for more research or maybe some episode rewatching. As for AMTBR... I could watch older seasons of Primeval, Charmed, Doctor Who/Torchwood, or NCIS, I have some DVDs plus there's the Internet. Basically, I am fighting the inception placed on me by the film of the same name. I don't want to stop writing Inception fic, I would just like a happy medium, muses!

Comments

[missjjayne.livejournal.com]

There's a difference between my muse and my focus. My muse conjures up ideas and plans and characters, etc. My focus is the ability to sit down and get these ideas out of me and onto paper or a computer screen (without getting distracted by the shiny Internet or anything else).

My muse is well and truly in place and co-operating, but I've lost my focus again. After 5 months of horrific block, I managed to get a lot written in the space of a week, but now my focus has slipped away and it's been a week. The muse behaves most of the time (if you can call behaving having tons of things I need to write). My focus, or inability to focus, is the major problem I have.

[fae-boleyn.livejournal.com]

Oh God, I have that problem as well. The shiny Internet is too shiny, it's not good. :/

I get periods where I write like a fiend, then... nothing. I hate it rather a lot.

[missjjayne.livejournal.com]

I have days where I have to write while disconnected from the Internet, it's so bad. I used to physically disconnect myself at uni at times (also works well for essay-writing I discovered).

Last week, I wrote *does quick calculations* 6 oneshots and one multi-chapter fic. After a gap of 5 months of nothing and now nothing last week. I've got a oneshot started as well as another longer fic, and I'm hoping to get them both done this week if I can find my focus.

[fae-boleyn.livejournal.com]

Every single Inception fic on my journal was written between November and now - but now I've got nothing. Well, ideas, but nothing cohesive. I need someone who is an Inception/Burn Notice fan to talk to, new fic is a crossover. Damn kink meme prompts...

And wow, major creativity spike.

[missjjayne.livejournal.com]

Damnit, I don't watch either of them or I'd help you out. I'm about to settle down and see if I can come up with anything.

Yes it was a major spike. I don't normally write that much.