Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

--do you listen to music whilst writing?

I often do--if I'm really caught up in a story and it's a longer piece, I usually have a playlist that fits the mood of the piece and I like to play it while writing. When I was writing Tolkien-based fic, I had literal soundtracks that went with it (upon reflection, I do with superheroes and with wrestlers, too! Huh).

This was a holiday week here in Japan, though I mostly had to spend it cleaning and playing catch-up on work, of course. But I did get a fic posted and also worked heavily on the nonfiction (I am just going to start treating Twitter as nonfiction writing, so I don't get discouraged that I'm spending so much time on tweets!) I hope you're working on things that make you happy and fulfilled!

Comments

[me_ya_ri]

I do if my husband is playing video games or working in the other room. He's always talking and it distracts me from my writing if I don't. Otherwise I don't listen to music.

Though a good battle scene can always do with some dramatic Jupiter Ascending soundtrack. Or Fury Road!

Yay for vacations and posting fic! Twitter is a good nonfic thing, I think, though I didn't know you were on Twitter. I'm here: https://twitter.com/McMeyari if you want to follow though mostly I just retweet other author's queer books and cool art and stuff.

Hope you get more writing time and have fun!

[mithen]

I have--very very VERY belatedly--followed you on Twitter so we have another way to keep in touch! I am almost all pro wrestling there, including some annoying livetweeting, so I understand if you don't follow back! If you do, you'll be using the mute button or putting me on side lists, trust me. :)

[bradygirl_12]

I used to listen to CDs sometimes, but mainly music isn't necessary for me to write.

Right now I'm busy finishing up some things and working on Endgame-inspired fic! :)

[navaan]

I used to write to music, but in recent years that hasn't worked so well for me. I do sometimes have background noise on (like a movie I've watch 600 times already. For our recent RBB writing we made a post and prepared some Steve/Tony playlists on Spotify and let people jump in and that keeps being amazing and interesting. It's here.

Many writers seem to love their playlist!

Ah, thanks to you guys having a longer Golden Week this year, we also got an additional vacation day this year at the office. I hope it helps me write.

Congrats on posting.

I'm still working through Endgame feels!

[luciferxdamien]

Oh yes! Music is almost always a must for me! And it was very helpful to my this week in particular, writing and posting 12 fics. Some were in various stages of done, but uh yeah. What an undertaking. Never mind I had more than a month to write those 12 fics... Do it in 3 days, instead. =D (And they were, of course, all porn~)

So long as you're enjoying being on Twitter, I think that's what really matters! Plus with the overlap of your fannish life, I think it's more than fair to count it as some sort of writing!

April was just a crazy intense month for me. Tons of exchanges due, and I picked up a pinch hit too, because I am a glutton for punishment... But I did almost everything I wanted to!!! Except... post "The Cicada Cry Out at Night". That one is still haunting me. I did post 18 fics for April tho!!! That's a crazy amount for me. xD