"Retroactive" Playlist

[loopy777]

Sometimes, I like to listen to a piece of music to inspire my writing, getting my head in the right sense of tone and feeling. Unlike most people who use this method, though, I don't like using songs for this, I prefer something without words so that the music itself is what I'm listening to. If I were to take inspiration from the lyrics, I might

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[fairladyz2005]

That's cool how you use mood music to inspire you. I tend to make themed playlist to listen too when I am transferring my fanfic from notebook to computer while I type to keep from getting bored. I also wrote most of my first original novel with the instrumental piano versions from TF: The Movie on Vince DiCola's "Artistic Transformations" album playing in the background. The whole CD is nearly an hour long so it was easy to time my writing sessions.

[loopy777]

Huh, you write your fanfic by hand and then transfer it? That's how I used to do my writing for school, and the transcribing process was actually where I did my first round of edits to produce a second draft, but for my fanfic I do the first draft straight on the keyboard (either laptop or iPad). I'm afraid I won't be able to write fast enough to keep up with my thoughts, versus the quicker typing.

I have the Botcon complete TF:TM score CD, but not the Artistic Transformations CD. (I was a poor college student when they were available.) Sounds like it would be pretty cool, though.

[fairladyz2005]

I use notebooks for the exact opposite reason. I write faster than I type. :-)

Artistic Transformations is probably pretty rare these days. Dunno if you can hear some on youtube.