Encouraging Your Muse

 Catherine DiltsWaiting passively for “the muse” to whisper in your ear islike sitting in a dark room waiting for someone to turn on the lights. There’sa point at which you need to stand up, walk across the room, and flip on thelight switch.There are periods when writing fiction can feel likeslogging through a murky bog. Other times, the ideas rush like a clear mountainstream drawn