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I've been musing a bit on the whys and hows of creative writing.

I mean . . . I know *why* I write. Mostly, because I can't *not* do it. But also because it gives me an outlet for my stifled artistic sense (just because I can't draw doesn't make me any less of an artist), and also for the approval of others.

Conversely, the *disapproval* of others just makes me shrug. Well, I'll probably get really mad if I am ever truly flamed, but so far, everyone seems quite happy with my work. I like that. I could get used to it in a way that borders on the distressing.

Do I have a muse? Not per se. I refer to myself as being haunted by the characters, to the point that I can actually visualize them sitting, standing, and otherwise functioning near me. I'm not schizophrenic -- I can tell that they are not actual people. It's not like I'm going to have full conversations with them, believing that I'm talking to a live person -- although I have been known to throw occasional comments their way. It's more of a mind's-eye kind of thing.

Is that the definition of a muse? Who knows? Plot bunnies bite my ankles, but I also have dust rhinos under my bed. I guess my point is simply this: I'm crazy enough to write, and good enough at it to be reasonably popular . . . therefore, I write.

Does it really matter how I get to where I'm going?

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Gakked from the always entertaining hackthis, who gakked it from someone else, who likely snagged it elsewhere as well.

I'm not sure whether all of this gakking is a good thing . . . or merely the next sign that The Apocalypse Is Upon Us.

Of course, there's always the possibility that like minds find each other. Sort of like sifting out. That's why so many results are so similar.

For instance, hackthis and I already knew each other online. So it's something of a logical supposition to assume that many of our quiz results would be the same or reasonably close. And I would hypothesize that someone whose body of work I admire and enjoy might conceivably share some qualities of my personality. In other words . . . I like reading Te's blog, and Jenn's blog, as much as I like reading their writings. Not that much of a stretch, then, to guess that we might have a few things in common.

Anyway . . . on to the quiz results. I am a Hear-No-Evil monkey! Go me!


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