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What do writers listen to while writing?
Strange Horizons’s James Schellenberg asked several SF writers what they listen to while writing, and if music ever inspires them to write.
Nobody asked me, oddly enough–but then, the answer would be I really don’t like having music playing while I’m writing–about the only time I want music in the background is when I’m driving or, sometimes, eating. If the music is worth playing at all, surely it is worth a large portion of my attention. As for being inspired by music…well, indirectly. I don’t get ideas for stories from music, or at least I haven’t so far, but music can inspire me to write by putting me in the mood to attempt to create something that will have the emotional impact of great music…though I doubt I have ever achieved that ideal.
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