playlists
I know I'm in deep when iPoddy's playlists look less like album titles and more like character lists, or fragmented chapter titles. When "Fountains of Wayne/Fountains of Wayne/Fountains of Wayne/Fountains of Wayne/The Shins/The Shins/U2/U2/U2/U2/U2/U2/U2/U2" are pushed down for the likes of "General Harriet/Harriet in a Mood/Lacy's Standars/Montoya's Big Guns" I know that a happy Saturday afternoon lays far in my future, where I pull these insipid song strings out of iPoddy's memory and return the playlists to equalibrium.
I've heard real (meaning published) authors will listen to music before they write to get a feel for certain characters, plot points or scenes, but they insist upon working in silence. I am so the opposite. I've got to have music at the very least, but Adam can fill you in on my DVD-box-set-in-the-background habit.
(I'll give you a hint: it drives him NUTS.)
Until then, I'm rocking out to AC/DC followed by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs followed by Annie Lennox followed by more Fountains of Wayne than is healthy.
This revision cannot be over soon enough.
I've heard real (meaning published) authors will listen to music before they write to get a feel for certain characters, plot points or scenes, but they insist upon working in silence. I am so the opposite. I've got to have music at the very least, but Adam can fill you in on my DVD-box-set-in-the-background habit.
(I'll give you a hint: it drives him NUTS.)
Until then, I'm rocking out to AC/DC followed by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs followed by Annie Lennox followed by more Fountains of Wayne than is healthy.
This revision cannot be over soon enough.
2 Comments:
Real authors have different methods, I'm sure. I usually lsiten to music when I'm writing. I can deal with the silence, but I want something in the background, as well.
In college, I would always bring my Discman to the union when I had to write papers in the computer lab.
Chris! I'm so sorry that I disappeared! I think Rachel finally did take down the intarweb!
I'm so easily distracted; music's one of the few ways I can get and stay on task.
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