Does music help you write?

[AA1495]

Yes. Sometimes music can set a particular mood and give me inspiration to do something creative, such as writing

[smhawkins]

Depends on the style of writing. If it's for school, I usually need silence or can do classical.

If it's creative, a nice glass of wine and some coffee shop jazz gets the writing juices flowing.

[Izabella]

I would say that yes, music, like a beautiful landscape can inspire thought, which can then be channeled and transmitted into words….and made into a story. I imagine that it also depends on what genre your writing. I write romance. Right now, I like listening to Charlie Puth for inspiration.

[bruin]

It helps if I can block it out and have it on as background noise. Otherwise, I get distracted. I also can't focus if it's too quiet.

[AA1495]

It helps if I can block it out and have it on as background noise. Otherwise, I get distracted. I also can't focus if it's too quiet.

wow that's a tough situation. I can hardly ever manage to block out sound. It really really distracts me

[Mp_218]

Music helps me focus more when writing.

[Genaaa]

Background music is definitely something that's been important to me when doing work for the longest time. When I write or complete school work, it always helps me to have something playing in the background. Sometimes, if I don't have music in the background, I'll leave a movie or something of the sort on.

[AA1495]

Background music is definitely something that's been important to me when doing work for the longest time. When I write or complete school work, it always helps me to have something playing in the background. Sometimes, if I don't have music in the background, I'll leave a movie or something of the sort on.

It's true that it's relaxing and makes tasks seem less tiresome. Concentration may get affected though.

[cnag9604]

As long as it doesn't have any words in it, I can focus on writing!

[AA1495]

As long as it doesn't have any words in it, I can focus on writing!

Haha yeah, that makes sense. Till it's soothing music though. Nothing screechy.

[red_velvet_girl7]

Not really.. but yeah, I like ti play it in the background while writing sometimes

[SandraTWP-BRW]

No. It's a real problem.

FWIW, my first career and all my formal education was in music. There's always a part of my mind that's analyzing, comparing, relating... I need those parts of my brain to pay attention when I'm writing LOL

[Cloe101]

It depends on the mood I guess, but sometimes yea

[Londera]

It does help me write. It depends on the type. I usually like listening to instrumentals, classical or piano renditions.

[Brandi Noelle]

I do a lot of my writing at the local coffee shop, so I always have ear buds in with music playing to help drown out the background noise. What I listen to depends a lot on my mood or on the project I am working on. I enjoy listening to scores from various movies, but I also listen to a lot of bluegrass when I'm writing. Helps me to mellow out. Lately, I've been listening to Irish music while I work on a piece of fiction I'm writing that is set in Ireland.