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rkomar · 12-02-2012, 01:12 PM

I wonder if a lot of this isn't because some writers are really no longer inspired about their stories, but are banging them out just because there is a strong market for them. I get the feeling that the best stories are those that come from the subconscious (or muse, in the old days), and that the writer more or less documents them. Stories that are consciously put together often seem to lack that magic feel that entrances readers.

There's that old quip about musicians who "Only had that one song in them". Without the muse, the creation lacks life.

12-02-2012, 01:12 PM	#12
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,058 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	I wonder if a lot of this isn't because some writers are really no longer inspired about their stories, but are banging them out just because there is a strong market for them. I get the feeling that the best stories are those that come from the subconscious (or muse, in the old days), and that the writer more or less documents them. Stories that are consciously put together often seem to lack that magic feel that entrances readers. There's that old quip about musicians who "Only had that one song in them". Without the muse, the creation lacks life. Last edited by rkomar; 12-02-2012 at 01:14 PM.