As writers, I believe we all have some unique personal form of inspiration. That special place or thing that sort of tugs on the creative part of our brain needed to get the old pendulums moving. For me music has become a very pivotal pendulum in my writing process. Before I can officially start my first draft or start any writing I have to have a writing mix..no ifs, ands, or buts about it. This mix is one of many elements that help me to establish the theme or mood for my story. Do I want to go heavy and intense? Or maybe light and whimsical? Of course the playlist may (and often does) change as the story progresses, with me adding or removing songs as I continue to write.
Of course I'm also aware that some of this is simply the OCD in me shining through...but I figure it’s all for the sake of my craft, right? (Yeah, even I sometimes wonder.)
But I must have a playlist. Even though, normally, I don’t even know what songs will make the list until I hear it, or I'll randomly stumble across a song I hear on the radio. But more often than not, the lyrics to a song I don't even know the title to will pop into my head, and I will then proceed to scramble around looking for a pin and something to graffiti the words onto until I can Google them and find out the artist and title. (This particular moment getting pretty tricky when it occurs while sitting in crawling traffic on the interstate behind the steering wheel of your car.) But for me, not having a playlist is like going to class without your textbook. Yeah, you could probably manage to smooch by without it, but life is just that much easier if you take the time and go prepared in the first place.
But having finished the first draft of Book #1 in my YA series, I’ve decided to start a little side project. Being that usually after I finish one story I am in desperate need of space along with some fresh new material to dig my claws into, in order to help wash away the grit from my last project.
My current playlist consists of music artist(s):
I can honestly highly recommend all these artists if you're looking to possibly expand your musical repertoire with something new and kind of different. But I think I’ve pushed this envelope as far as it can go and procrastinated long enough for one day. I'm off to be productive and lay some verbiage! Adios muchachos!
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Keep it clean.