No fooling, the Insecure Writer's Group is sharing blog posts today. Learn more about them on their website or Facebook page. Our hosts this month are Melissa Maygrove, Catherina Constantine, Kate Larkinsdale, and Rebecca Douglass.
Here's our question for April: If you have a playlist (or could put one together) that either gets you in the groove to write or fits with one of your books, what is it? What type of music or what songs?
I'm probably among the minority of writers, but I'm not a playlist kind of person. There are songs that remind me of certain characters or situations, but I don't have enough free time to match up songs to an entire novel. I do listen to music when I write. Often I'll just search for whatever song I'm in the mood for on YouTube, but if I feel lyrics will be too distracting, I'll listen to classical or harp music instead.
If you make playlists, how do you do it? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
5 comments:
I'm in the minority like you.
I don't really do playlists but I do listen to music while I write.
I hear you on the distracting part. As a composer, I start listening to the musical elements and then I get frustrated that opportunities were missed to take it to the next level and then I stop writing and start thinking about my own music and missed opportunities and then... Well, you get the idea.
I definitely don't do playlists, and I like to work without any more distractions than life provides all on its own :D
I've only made a playlist once but I do like music when I write.
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