My Muse Hates Me. (State of OI&E post)
So, I'm sitting here, with the beginning of Earnest Appreciation part 3, and the end of it, and the beginning of then-titled Pride Swallowed, which was going to be a Garcia-fic but turned into an untitled Haley-fic...
Which is kind of odd. No, more like, really damn odd. Because I usually have middles of stories. I don't have a clue how to start them - which is why a lot of chapters of OI&E probably sound like the middle of a scene. They ARE. Start in the middle, because if I start at the beginning, I end up writing three pages of scene setting and background and never get to, you know, the story. And then I just keep writing until I get to a good stopping point and put the end on it.
Good enough for me.
But I have two beginnings and an end, and I've been mucking around trying to connect the beginning and the end of the story that actually go together (Earnest Appreciation part 3), and my muse has been like this:
Frogg: So, Emily says that, and now what happens?
Muse: *sits there*
Frogg: I need to finish this, so Emily can [censored], and then [censored] comes to the office and [censored].
Muse: I want to read more SPN fic.
Frogg: I've already had to scrub my brain out with bleach three times...look, just help me finish this story and we'll go trawl the reclist again, okay?
Muse: *throws fit*
Frogg: Look, you've already turned my sweet, funny, ANGSTY Morgan/Reid series into an ensemble series. I don't know how you managed to do that. Did I stop paying attention or something? People aren't happy. They want more Reid. And Morgan. Hey, I want more Reid and Morgan.
Muse: More SPN fic.
Frogg: If you're not going to help me with Earnest Appreciation, what about any of the rest? *shows Excel spreadsheet master timeline to muse* Anything look interesting?
Muse: Meh. *splat*
Frogg: *sigh* Ok, fine. One SPN fic, then you come back here and help me finish Earnest Appreciation.
Muse: *perks up, nods, and crosses fingers behind back*
Frogg: *knows better* Okay. Character Questions okay? The mock interview one?
Muse: *nodsnodsnods*
Frogg: *reads fic*
Muse: *purrs* SPN fic!
Frogg: Okay, you had your fic, help me finish Earnest Appreciation.
Muse: *sits there*
Frogg: Hmm. Well, if you're going to refuse to help me with any OI&E stuff, I guess you're not going to get to help me write an OI&E version of the interview fic.
Muse: *stares in horror*
I swear, dealing with my muse is harder than herding cats. At least I don't work for EDS (if anyone remembers that commercial).
Oh, I forgot. I also have the first part of Logical Patterns written. Hotch should really start charging for counseling sessions, he really should.
Those of you who don't know what SPN is, it's Supernatural, which airs on the WB. It's the only other show I watch besides Criminal Minds. The mock interview story (by
esorlehcar), which I thought a brilliant exercise in writing, is actually an "Ask my ['verse] characters questions" meme and is posted here.
So. Ask my OI&E Criminal Minds characters, any of them (even the originals), whatever. I'll try and have them answer. In character. I'm not putting limits on # of questions, or timeline, but if the questions are time-specific, please specify.