Fight Club and MY Writing Process

Fight club was on TV this past weekend.  I hadn't seen it since college, but it seemed strangely appropriate to my current mental state.  For those of you who have never seen this movie, here is a brief synopsis WITH SPOILERS:

Edward Norton is living a boring life revolving around his job as an auto recall analyst, and buying up the entire Ikea catalog.  On one of his many business trips, on which he makes "single serving friends," he meets Tyler Durden, a renegade boutique soap maker and master of his own life.  Norton is intrigued and, after crazy events involving an exploded apartment and lots of 12-step programs, ends up living with Pitt Durden.  They get in a fight one night and realize how liberating punching the crap out of each other can be.  More men join the club until it is a national phenomenon, and the fighters then become a personal army for Durden, blowing up the headquarters of several credit card companies in an effort to free the world of their Ikea-buying impulses. Oh, and Durden and Norton turn out to be the same guy.  Hello, Multiple Personalities.

How in the world does this relate to my writing experience?  First of all, all of my fictional love interests look like Brad Pitt.  I am currently working on two separate novels (with a third brewing at the back of my mind and starting to inch its way forward.  Back, #3! Back, I say!) and these WIPs (works in progress) are dramatically different.  Behold, the differences:

Idea #1	Idea #2
Third Person Trilogy Fantasy Historical (WWII) England Dead Parents Love Triangle Religious Tones	First Person Stand-Alone Dystopian Future (2030) United States (roughly) Far-Away Parents Love-Hate Relationship Political Tones

Sometimes, one idea will demand to be written, and I'll spend hours or days absorbed in that world.  But usually I write a few hundred words on each project every day.  Usually back-to-back.  Usually while questioning my sanity.

Sometimes I feel like Tyler Durden, living two lives but never fully in control of either one.  The stories have a mind of their own.  I'm just along for the ride.  Of course, the ride would be exponentially more enjoyable if Brad Pitt were here...