Unamused with My Muse

So, I've committed myself to writing fiction everyday just like I write do my research work everyday. And in spite of all the advice I've read and been given about daily writing and how rewarding writing everyday used to be for me --- I am uninspired. Well, that's not exactly right. I'll explain.I have lots of ideas. Don't we all? Three of which I have been picking over for the last few years. I have posted some of the Ironics stories here but there are two other stories - one a dark future story and the other a more contemporary horror story - that also beg to be written.The Ironics stories are all shorts that need big time revision. The characters are defined but the universe of the Ironics is scattered. I wrote the stories without thinking about continuity. While the world has similar features across the stories, the time lines are out of sync. In many ways it all needs to be rewritten if it will become a story at all. Possibly a more difficult task than beginning again.The dark future story has a well defined setting, a crisis and a conclusion but very few pages written. The characters need work. Every time I start working on the characters I get bogged down.The horror story has an outline, a few chapters but stalls in the storytelling. There is something missing.I think I want it to become an epic (perhaps more of a dark fantasy than a contemporary horror) and not a jaunt (if anyone gets what I mean by that) and the enormity of the project keeps me from working.I shouldn't complain about having too many ideas. Right?In the limited time I have to spend writing, my silly little muse whom I have dubbed the Laughing Man (I don't know when I started calling my inspiration this, but something about the monniker fits so well) is creating mountains of confusion signaled by lack of focus and deceptive false starts.I can't seem to decide which story I want to finish (see my first blog), which story is the right one to write now. My frustration is mounting and the Laughing Man is laughing. Everyday when I sit down to work on one, I get ideas for another. And when I pick that one up, the third story calls me. And when I get to the third story, I write a few lines and then find myself exhausted. So, I quit for the day and hope tomorrow will work better.I am committed to finishing some one of these this year. I owe it to myself. I cannot write all three at once. I have to choose which pony to ride.I'd love to know how you decide which story gets your attention. I thought of flipping a coin. But alas, there are only two sides...~~VD
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