30 days of fanfiction - day 25

[thalialunacy2]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

25: Music: Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?

Weeellll. I'm ADHD so I have to have some sort of aural stimulation or else my brain sputters out. But I'm also a musician born and bred so it has to be something particular or else it distracts me. So, either something I've heard a zillion times, or something with no English words. E.g. I'm really fond of the Baroque Choral channel on Pandora, or the Anonymous4 channel.

Do I make playlists? If I have time for such procrastination, lol, yes I do. Or if a song just keeps banging at my brain while I'm writing, I put it in the notes somewhere. Or steal the title from it. XB

26: What is the oddest (or funniest) thing you've had to research for a fic?
27: Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?
28: Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
29: What is your current project or projects?
30: Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link

Comments

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

I'm sort of the same way in needing something on while I'm writing. Like I can write for a period time with absolute silence, and I always do write better that way, but after awhile the silence drives me crazy and I need something to listen to. Music works the best in not distracting me too much, but I tend to like having the TV on. And it's weird because I don't want something on that will distract me, at the same time I can't have something on that isn't interesting in some way. Like I remember one time I had this movie on and it was the most boring thing ever and somehow it being boring was distracting me.

Stacey

[thalialunacy.livejournal.com]

lol! yes, it's hard to find the right balance, for sure!