Music for the muse
I’ve always loved music while I’m writing, but lately it’s been hard to concentrate on the writing because I find myself typing out the lyrics to whatever song is playing. So, I switched to podcasts playing while I write. (I know, I could always just turn the television on, but it seems a waste to run two electronic devices when I’m only using one). And even then I was typing out what I was hearing.
So, no more music. And my writing productivity went straight down hill once the music stopped. This does not make me a happy writer.
So, I thought I’d try something else: music from overseas. Rammstein. Tarkan. Selena (in Spanish, not her English hits). Ricky Martin (say what you want, I like his music). Stromae. Timoteij.
It’s mainly pop music, which doesn’t seem to match the blood and fur and fangs, but it’s working for me. And, since I truly have no idea what they’re singing (I should remedy that…) I can’t type it out when I should be making word count.
And that is what my mother would call “thinking outside the box”