Muses as co‑authors

Writers often experience creative work as a dialogue with an 'other'—a muse, angel or presence—that is then folded into both fiction and the author's life. Treating these encounters as co‑authorship changes how we think about originality, responsibility for content, and the cultural life of texts. — This reframes debates over authorship, authenticity and source‑attribution in literature and media by treating 'inspiration' as a social and narrative actor rather than private magic.