Whenever I wanted to write, I listen to music as it inspires me so bright!

Top 10 Writing Songs:

1. Just Once by James Ingram.

2. That's What Friends Are For.

3. How Do You Keep the Music Playing.

4. All of Me.

5. Wildflower.

6. You

7. Say That You Love Me.

8. The Warrior is a Child.

9. I'd Rather.

10. Dance with my Father.

I do not because I listen to something much more. I listen to white noise. White noise is like.. Taking your sense of hearing, and just temporarily putting it somewhere else.

I also shut off the lights. Because of this, the only sense I'm using is sight. You know how if you are trying to think of a song, but you can't because another is playing, or when you try to picture something, so you close your eyes. That's because with an absence of a sense, you have to ability to use more imagination instead.

I'm pretty sure I have to listen to music when I write. If I'm writing about something that makes me upset, I feel like it's easier to channel my emotions if I'm listening to something that's either angry sounding, or has the same subject. Does that make sense? For example, when I wrote an angry letter to my dad(that I never intended on sending) I listened to "A Trophy Father's, Trophy Son" by Sleeping with Sirens.

I don't know if I have specific songs that I'll listen to, but here's a list of my "Go to" artists.

1. Brand New

2. City and Colour

3. Regina Spektor

4. Dance Gavin Dance

5. Sleeping with Sirens

6. 365DaysofStatic

7. Ratatat

8. Any sort of classical music (usually if I'm writing something for school)

9. Bayside

10. Beyoncé

Too much of creation is about birthing and then disowning, fathering and then orphaning reducing...distilling...placing and then replacing. There is joy and violence and consternation. I build it up and then burn it down and all the while talk out loud just to hear what's left. I hate that word but love the vowel and place a pause just because. I double time it through and then next I slow it down always searching how to trim it up. I cuss my vocabulary and wrestle with subtle definitions until I do not hate it much. And then, after a hundred times through, I let it rest.

There is no room for music...that's someone else's bastard child.

I ALWAYS listen to music while I'm writing. It can help you brainstorm ideas or add live to a part of a story. I have a lot of writing playlists for different moods, so here are a few for all occasions.

1. Hozier - Work Song

A story could be inspired simply off of the lyrics, but the song is haunting and goes with a love scene.

2. Adelitas Way - Invincible

The fast tempo and rocking music fits a confrontation or a fight scene.

3. Bastille - Pompeii

This song is beautiful and uplifting. It makes you want to write over the top legends.

4. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Arguably one of the most epic songs in existence, this one works because of the variety of sounds and tempos.

5. Nirvana - Smells like Teen Spirit

Put song on. Bang head. Feel the grunge spirit take you over. Write.

6. Marilyn Manson - I Put a Spell on You

The song is dark and raw and great for not only if you're writing something paranormal but any dramatic confrontation scene.

7. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

If you need to write a dirty scene, this is a go to song.

8. Deathcab for Cutie - I will Follow you into the Dark

Something about this song is eerie but addictive. The oddly poetic lyrics are bound to make you think of something

9. Kris Allen - I Need to Know

Big ballad that's a great background for emotional/powerful scenes.

10. Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream

In reality, everything by Ed Sheeran should be on a writing playlist because his lyrics are incredible and while some songs tell a specific story, some like Bloodstream just get you thinking.

Music brings me joy, and so does writing. But to do any real writing I need peace and quiet. However, there are times when I do enjoy the both together, like for short pieces of writing like this. Add the morning light with the promise of new beginnings, and it will surely be a good day.

It can’t be just any music while I write. Classic rock wouldn’t do it for me. I prefer light classical guitar or piano, or soft new age music. It relaxes me and brings me peace. Right now I am listening to the album, “The Silent Path” by Robert Haig Coxon. The music sounds like angels, with the beauty of pure goodness.

The sun is shining out of my bay window in the living room, the music is still playing its soft melodies, and it’s not quite 10 in the morning. Here’s to a new day, to the mysteries that lay ahead! This writing is complete.

I almost always listen to music when I write in order to help set a certain mood. For example, I was trying to write about an angsty, teenage party so I listened to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Another song I've used was Buckcherry's "Brooklyn" which actually inspired a whole novel when I was listening to it and got a mental image in my head of a guy walking down the street in New York.

If I'm not trying to evoke a certain mood, I love to listen to "Ghostwriter" by RJD2. It's a great choice for trying to drown out the white noise wherever I'm working but it's not so distracting that it takes me out of my writing.