Question: It's unnerving to hear the muse speak at last, as if a character had escaped from fiction to tell her story for the first time.
The muse has finally spoke, and it is a bit unnerving.

Answer: yes

Question: I don't feel wonderful.
I don't feel wonderful at all.

Answer: yes

Question: The heat was already rising.
There was some heat and it was rising.

Answer:
yes