Put a Muse to Work

Pick a muse, any muse. Go to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muse#Muses_in_myth) or (http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/mgodsandgoddesses/tp/Muses.htm) or another internet resource to find information about your muse.

Now write a situation where the muse shows up to give the main character something. For instance, if I were the muse Multiplicia (there is really no muse by that name, but pretend that Multiplicia is the muse of math). I might bring the main character in my story, who is an accountant, a special gift. What is the gift? It's An old adding machine, owned by the wealthiest man in the town before he died, with a yellowed printout still in the roller. What’s the accountant going to do with that??

See, that’s the start of a story. Write an outline for your story or poem. (DO NOT use Multiplicia, she's mine.)