Writer's Insanity: the Voices That Won't Shut Up

First - apologies for lateness.  I will take my whipping with a wet noodle.  Just realize that I might like it.  :D

I know that we usually go into these things where we springboard on the same idea but different topics.  I'm throwing that out this week to bring something up that has been happening a lot lately.  Well, not a lot as in daily but it is starting to bug me.

It is this - The Characters that will not SHUT THE FRAK UP. 

You're working on this one project that has a hard deadline - hello Leverage Reverse Big Bang fic¹ - and my original characters just start talking.  And whining.  Because I seem to be doing a lot more fanfic writing rather than letting Justinian sink his teeth into the dhampir that he's deeply in love with and won't admit it².  There doesn't seem to be any sort of cure to this other than to write the scene they want.  But then they go quiet.  So, I'm thinking that the best thing is to just ignore them and go novel crazy later.

The problem is that they shut out the project voices.  So there is no choice but to stop and make sure that you write that scene.  I wish it was different.  So, I turn to the blogging circle.

My assignment to you, o Circle-ers, is two-fold.  First - I want to hear your tales of woe about characters who will not shut up.  Secondly - I want your cure.  If it's the same as mine, I still want to hear about it.  But I must have a cure!

And that is that.  Go off and enjoy the world.  Cheers!

¹A reverse big bang is where people first create the art.  It can be any kind of art.  Then the writers get to choose what kind of story they will write based on the art.  It really is fun, if I could actually write it.  It's due at the end of the month.

²Yes, I will write it.  No, it won't be right now, but maybe tomorrow.  <--- to Keri and Tatra,  And maybe Erin.