Music. I love music. Music is what helps me concentrate on writing. It depends on my mood and partly on what story I'm working on that dictates what I'll be listening to. From epic fantasy to urban fantasy, from sci fi to romance. Music sets the mood.
For example, I listen to groups like
Two Steps From Hell, E.S. Posthumus, and other instrumental music
when I'm writing epic fantasy or more gentle scenes. I listen to
harder music like Marilyn Monroe, Seether, and Godsmack for the
grittier scenes in urban fantasy. I listen to Within Temptation,
Nightwish, Xandria, and Lacuna Coil for the in between times in all
of my stories. Sci fi gets some techno as well as my harder list. As
time goes on, I add songs and groups to my lists when I find
something I like.
Music lets me escape into the world
that I'm writing about. I can see the characters, I hear their
voices. I can see their actions and feel their emotions. Some of them
even sing along with the music, or dance, and I can watch them having
fun. Others rush into battle during some music and I can see the
fighting and the death.
Sometimes I listen to it through the
speakers on Himself's computer since mine don't work well anymore.
Other times I plug in my earbuds and listen to it on my laptop I need
to do something intense. Or when Himself is here and he wants to
watch/listen to his own thing while I want to listen to mine.
My writing flows better when I'm
listening to something because it helps me detach from my life and
enter the lives of the characters. It gives me a breath from their
world and makes things more interesting.
What about you? What do you listen to
when you're reading or writing? Or whenever you want to listen to
music? Who are your favorite groups? What is your favorite genre of
music?
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