I have been looking forward to writing this post all month. I basically thought I was the most clever person ever when I was able to tie in the topic of music with the letter X. Please, hold your applause.
Music is a huge part of who I am. Someone in my house is always singing, playing guitar, piano, or banging away on the drums. Usually, all of that is going on at once.
I love music. Seriously just love it. I love how it portrays truth and beauty, how it can lift your spirit. Or weigh down your spirit. Music has so much power. I love how it always tells a story.
Music tells stories. Just like I do.
When I was younger, I could never listen to music while writing. It was way too distracting. Now, I rarely write without listening to music.
Music pushes me forward.
Within music, I have found characters. I have found plots. I have found scenes. I have found answers and I have found questions.
Music is the ultimate short story.
When I'm writing a novel, or even a short story (which, in reality, is never very short), I usually put together a playlist of songs that go along with my story. Other times, I'll go to whatever my favorite Pandora station is or I'll just listen to random indie music that I don't know. Depends on my mood.
Some of my favorite writing musicians include Ed Sheeran, Needtobreathe, Mumford & Sons, Echosmith, Lorde, Birdy, and so, so many more.
How does music inspire your writing? Do you listen to music while you write? If so, who is your go-to musician?
Music is my biggest writing muse. I listen to music every time I'm writing. Many songs have inspired scenes in books. :)
ReplyDeleteSame! Thanks for commenting!
DeleteMusic is powerful! There are some days I must have music to write and other days I need dead silence. I'm stuck in the 80s with music or I listen to some of the alt. pop rock bands of today:)
ReplyDeleteSo true, it's never consistent.
DeleteI love music too. I very rarely listen to music while I write, though when I was in school, I always had it on while studying. You're so right about music being its own short story. I can imagine an entire book in a song. Good music is as wondrous as magic.
ReplyDeleteExactly! Well said.
DeleteMusic definitely helps me. Sometimes it inspires a scene or sets a mood. Often times I'll find a theme song for the series or book as a whole which will help me stay on track with what I'm doing.
ReplyDeleteSame!
DeleteMusic definitely helps me brainstorm and get into the mood to write. I can't actually write while listening, though, since it distracts me too much.
ReplyDeleteIt's also a great cure for writer's block.
DeleteGreat post. Though I seldom listen to music while I'm writing, sometimes when I'm playing the piano, a song will speak to me. I may not mention it in the story, but it affects my characters, inspires me in some way. When I play that song, I think of my characters.
ReplyDeleteThat's so beautiful!
DeleteLove this so much! I always listen to music when I write. It's usually some type of chill indie or classical. Although today I've had Addict With A Pen by Twenty One Pilots on repeat; it's kind of my recent obsession :)
ReplyDeleteNO ANNA DON'T CAVE IN TO THE TWENTY ONE PILOTS FANDOM!! Joking. Maybe. Probably not.
DeleteBUT ANNIE IT'S SO WELL WRITTEN
DeleteI love Ed! "Tsunami tides in my eyes" (Ed Sheeran U.N.I.) He is great. I love the story telling aspect of music and am always inspired by it but cannot write with music on.
ReplyDeleteRIGHT?! He is an incredible writer.
DeleteI listen to my "Two Steps From Hell" station on Pandora. All epic soundtracks to movies.
ReplyDeleteSoundtracks are the bomb.
DeleteOh my goodness. This is perfection. I agree 100%.....Music is what drives me to write, and some of my best plot twists have come about due to listening to intense classical music. ;)
ReplyDeleteExactly!
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