As for music: I have a playlist consisting of three Enya songs that I generally listen to, no matter the mood or tone of what I'm working on. I've listened to them for so long as my writing music that it's basically background noise. However, my dark AU (which I'm not working on for this) I get in the mood for by listening to Blind Guardian's "Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns)."
Still busy tapping away... we'll see what happens.
I have some 'newer' music (2000 +) that I listen to, usually looking up fanvids on Y-T. But most of what I listen to is *old* (1970 is about the latest I listen to, tbh.
Sometimes the right movie helps *if* I can find one but that can be really dicey and it can be too distracting.
"Weirdly philosophical" is a phrase that always gets my attention. I'll read what you've posted later this evening. The Thing I'm Supposed To Be Writing is also a Númenor thing.
Titles can sometimes be the biggest problem. A lot of the time I end up giving my stuff really literal titles (like my Istari story titled "Istari, circa 1040 T.A.") because nothing else comes to me. =P
You've made more progress than I have. ;) I was avoiding responding to this thread because I thought I ought to be able to post my own progress first, but that seemed to do just the opposite of motivating me to write. Ah well, no law saying the progress has to be made at the -start- of June (that certainly would've been shooting myself in the foot). =D
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As for music: I have a playlist consisting of three Enya songs that I generally listen to, no matter the mood or tone of what I'm working on. I've listened to them for so long as my writing music that it's basically background noise. However, my dark AU (which I'm not working on for this) I get in the mood for by listening to Blind Guardian's "Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns)."
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Excellent! =D
However, my dark AU (which I'm not working on for this) I get in the mood for by listening to Blind Guardian's "Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns)."
YOUR BANE'S A TEARFUL DESTINY. \m/
I've loved Nightfall in Middle-earth since before I'd even read the Silm.
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I have some 'newer' music (2000 +) that I listen to, usually looking up fanvids on Y-T. But most of what I listen to is *old* (1970 is about the latest I listen to, tbh.
Sometimes the right movie helps *if* I can find one but that can be really dicey and it can be too distracting.
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TBH it sounds like you're getting a lot more done than I have on this thus far (but hey, the month is only 1/3 over...)
I've never had a movie on while writing. I'd probably get too distracted or end up tuning it out completely. What sort of movies have worked for you?
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Titles can sometimes be the biggest problem. A lot of the time I end up giving my stuff really literal titles (like my Istari story titled "Istari, circa 1040 T.A.") because nothing else comes to me. =P
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I fear since getting Harry my Muses have been mostly hiding.
It seems like he provides plenty of entertainment. He's quite an adorable creature. =)
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I have no music specially for writing gloomy things, although my taste in writing music generally veers towards the melancholy.
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I was avoiding responding to this thread because I thought I ought to be able to post my own progress first, but that seemed to do just the opposite of motivating me to write. Ah well, no law saying the progress has to be made at the -start- of June (that certainly would've been shooting myself in the foot). =D
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