2. Never get too close to your muse. Your muse is a magical projection, cloaking a mortal human being. Do not befriend your muse, date your muse, reveal feelings for your muse TO your muse, and most of all, sleep with your muse. It will be like the clock striking midnight, leaving you with a pumpkin in place of the carriage and a half finished piece of brilliance never to be worked on again.