Music When Writing?

Exactly!

It's also infinitely easier to write when you're in the mood. LotR is amazingly helpful, especially in really big scenes. When a scene is especially peaceful, I listen to 'concerning hobbits'. I wonder what it is about music that helps/doesn't help our minds to focus?

Personally it depends on what kind of mood I'm in.For a mush story Right Here waiting by Clay Aiken or Can you feel the love tonight.Action storries He's a Pirate.Poems varied.

I can't listen to music with lyrics when i'm writing, because I start thinking about what the song is saying and stop concentrating on the actual writing. I've never tried writing with music with no lyrics, i'll have to try that sometime. Honestly I write best when i'm not trying to write at all. Usually i'll just be on the computer with the T.V. on in the background and i'll just start writing a poem or adding to a storybook, and that's when I do my best writing. When I feel no pressure to write anything good and act on impulse.

I listen to metal. The genre is far larger than any other in any other catagory. So, I have plenty of options to choose from. Most people don't relize but metal is emotional; the artists express their views/themselves differently in various ways. I usually listen to heavy or death though, mostly heavy metal.

Following up on that, I'm a big 70-80's hard rock fan, Aerosmith being my favorite.

I'm with some of the other people on here who say Lord of the Rings is helpful music to listen to! I love to listen to the soundtrack, and will go through certain songs while writing different emotions. I find music to be helpful and inspiring, but lyrics sometimes distract me, depending on what scenes I am writing.

- Dreami

I listen to all kinds of music while writing: LotR, Anastasia and all sorts of things, though I'm usually listening to my Tears of Lecraesa playlist. I have noticed through is that whenever I listen to extremely emotional music (like the song I subconsciously relate to the ending of Flames), I start getting too highstrung and my writing suffers terribly. I get so impatient that things start getting terribly abrupt and it's just awful. So, I have to choose my music carefully when writing.