18 signs you may be saying NO to Muse (Camp Nano)

In the spirit of Camp Nano, I've decided to post something inspiring to help out struggling writers who may be dealing with the doubt of others or their inner critic and have hit a block in the road and are now left questioning their talent.

                         Here Are 18 Signs You May Be Saying NO To Muse:
                                                          with some commentary by yours truly:)

1. If you get an idea at the top of your head and say (or think), "No! My character wouldn't do that." (Your characters are speaking to you, listen! No one knows them better than themselves.)
2. If you get an idea and dismiss it because it's "too stupid". (No idea ever is.)
3. If you get an idea and blush while thinking, "I can't write that." (Yes, you can. Just do it.)
4. If you get an idea and think, "How does that fit in with my story?" (Make it fit.)
5. If you get an idea and think, "I'll have to think about that." (No you don't. Write first, think later.)
6. If you get an idea and think, "This is getting in the way of what I planned out for the plot already." (So what? Let it get in the way, maybe it'll crush that block of yours.)
7. If you get an idea and think,  "I don't have the energy to write that right now." (Yes you do. Just get up.)
8. If you get an idea and think, "I don't understand how that makes sense." (It doesn't now, but it will. Give it time.)
9. If you get an idea and think, "This is too scary." (No. Maybe you're too scared to write it because of what people will say.)
10. If you get an idea and think, "I'll just write what I wanted to first, I'll remember that later." (No. No you won't. Write it down now.)
11. If you get an idea and think, "That's just illogical." (No. It's imaginative.)
12. If you get an idea and think, "That'll be too boring, no one will be interested." (Then make it interesting.)
13. If you get an idea and think, "That couldn't happen." (It quite possibly could, actually.)
14. If you get an idea and think, "Uh, that makes me feel a little uncomfortable. Maybe when I'm more comfortable writing that sort of thing." (How will get more comfortable writing it if you never attempt to write it? Write it now, write it proud!)
15. If you get an idea and think, "Help me with my idea and then we'll talk about yours." (Nope. Rule #1, Muse never negotiates, only holds grudges if it's ignored.)
16. If you get an idea and think, "That's cute, but is it cliche?" (No, it's freaking adorable - just write it already!)
17. If you get an idea and think, "Way too outlandish! Entirely unbelievable." (No. In that world, gravity may be a myth. Your fictional world is yours to believe in even if no one else finds it believable, but for anyone to believe it you yourself have to first. Believe in yourself so much that eventually everyone else will have no choice but to also!)
18. If you get an idea and think, "Will you be here tomorrow?" (No. Muse only comes to you when it feels like it, cherish the moments you have with it. It's like that family member that you haven't seen in over three years who only visits you on holidays but missed the last three years, it takes time for them to come around, but when they do, HUG THEM TILL THEY CAN'T BREATHE!)

Don't say NO to Muse. Never say no. But that doesn't mean you have to wait around till it comes to you while you drool into a cup and twiddle your thumbs! Write whatever you can until it visits you, then listen intently to it and fix every error it highlights for you. You may be attached to that paragraph, but if it needs to go, throw it out without remorse or regret... Or, just copy and paste it into a side document, there are always ways:)
                                                                        - Lei