tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post6433846070505150469..comments2023-09-10T06:13:15.389-04:00Comments on Nine Naughty Novelists: Music, mood, and getting words on the pagekellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865842550376328393noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-24215248265725384282013-07-23T10:11:45.366-04:002013-07-23T10:11:45.366-04:00Music is a must for me. I don't always need it...Music is a must for me. I don't always need it to write, but I need to at least listen to it for a while BEFORE I right. It gets me in the right frame of mind. I try not to need to have the music fit the scene, but now and then one will resonate and I'll replay it a few times while I'm finishing the scene.Sydney Somershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196355194625858887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-59509285895724306672013-07-22T20:18:18.523-04:002013-07-22T20:18:18.523-04:00I used to listen to music all the time while I wro...I used to listen to music all the time while I wrote. It really upped my productivity. For me, it helped to keep me in the same mood for protracted scenes or really long books. I frequently gave my couples (or individual characters, at times) a particular theme song that I would listen to for all their scenes together. <br /><br />Lately, I've had a much harder time matching the right music to the scene or character or even book. And writing has been much harder, slower and more difficult. Cause and effect? Or random coincidence? Damned if I know. :( PG Fortehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00819909187492632526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-63643619861507419732013-07-22T15:11:49.727-04:002013-07-22T15:11:49.727-04:00I don't often listen to music when I write, I ...I don't often listen to music when I write, I find the lyrics distracting. But sometimes I do - like the dance club scene you mentioned Skylar - it helps me to listen to the kind of music the characters are hearing. Also if my characters are listening to music, eg while having sex, I want to listen to the songs they're hearing - to set the mood and the rhythm of the scene.<br /><br />Thanks for that GREAT playlist, I love it!!kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865842550376328393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-79537573091361683442013-07-22T12:07:24.840-04:002013-07-22T12:07:24.840-04:00Sadly, I can't listen to music when I write. I...Sadly, I can't listen to music when I write. I say sadly because I think it would be great to be able to match the music to what I'm doing. But I've got a one-track brain apparently--I can have anything else going on while I'm trying to think.Meg Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01081153466394828760noreply@blogger.com