Writing Meme: Day Seven.

Day Seven: Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?

Yes, I do. I have a playlist of music I call my "Music for Writing" playlist which features music from bands such as Evanescence, Nine Inch Nails, Miranda Sex Garden, Medieval Babes, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Muse and the Smashing Pumpkins and VNV Nation. I find that I can write more easily with music playing, even though my mind isn't entirely on the music, it serves as a background while I write.

A few years ago, a friend told me that a researcher had done a study into the kinds of music that stimulated creativity. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the study or the researcher, but my friend told me that there are certain rythyms in different genres of music that stimulate productivity. I have found that this is true for me.

Sometimes, I do make up playlists for a story or a relationship within a story, I like the challenge of being able to create a story within a story through music. My iPod has quite a few such playlists.

Writing Meme: Day Seven.

Day Seven: Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?

Yes, I do. I have a playlist of music I call my "Music for Writing" playlist which features music from bands such as Evanescence, Nine Inch Nails, Miranda Sex Garden, Medieval Babes, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Muse and the Smashing Pumpkins and VNV Nation. I find that I can write more easily with music playing, even though my mind isn't entirely on the music, it serves as a background while I write.

A few years ago, a friend told me that a researcher had done a study into the kinds of music that stimulated creativity. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the study or the researcher, but my friend told me that there are certain rythyms in different genres of music that stimulate productivity. I have found that this is true for me.

Sometimes, I do make up playlists for a story or a relationship within a story, I like the challenge of being able to create a story within a story through music. My iPod has quite a few such playlists.