“If music be the food of love play on.”(William Shakespeare Twelfth Night Act 1 Scene 1 first line of the play). Music has inspired us in so many different ways. As writers, we use different songs to help us while we write. Since music can bring about strong feelings it is no wonder why we use it to help us feel something to help us capture that feeling while we write. Many authors nowadays post their playlists on their webpages after their books come out. So that their fans can see where they may have been while writing.
For myself, I tend to put a huge playlist that I listen to or I turn on my television to the music stations and listen to big band music, some stations call it Sing & Swing. It always takes me away from wherever I am and almost puts me into my own writing. I find it a great way to get into the writing grove when I feel like I’m just not able to convey what I want to. Like while writing this I am listening to "It’s Time" by Imagine Dragons from their album Night Visions. The first thing when I hear a song that just works for what I am writing is I feel like I can get everything out the way I want it to sound. It all seems to wrap things up in a bow even if sometimes it can take a while to find the song that will work with what your writing. I feel that it is always worth looking for because it can be so helpful.
Is there a set of songs that you listen to while you write? Or maybe it’s a genre of music that you put on to help you with the emotions that you are trying to convey from a character? Do you just listen to one song over and over while working or do you listen to as much as you can?
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