Tick Tock
“T-i-m-e…is on my side, yes it is.” I don’t think The Rolling Stones had waiting-for-the-muse writers in mind when they wrote that song. And unlike the woman those lyrics speak to, a writer can’t sit back and wait for the muse to come to them, thinking as the Stones did that sooner or later she’ll come back. The muse appears when and where it chooses. Some of us are egotistically enough to speculate that a frenzy of activity lures the muse out of hiding (the muse-will-visit-only-when-busy theory), while others think the muse rewards good deeds of daily writing and monk-like dedication with the grace of the muse’s touch. Either way, no one would disagree that the muse is essentially unpredictable (must be female!).
