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What's Your Ritual?
Kris_W:
I don't use a 30 second loop, but occasionally I play a piece of classical music - over and over and over and over and over for hours. It's generally more like a 30 minute loop. At least I use headphones, which keeps my family and neighbors from killing me. ;)
When I put on music it's usually because I'm into writing but it is too noisy to write where I am. The music blocks out more annoying sounds. I guess that's almost anti-listening?
Kali:
I can't write in silence. I need music or the TV in the other room, something to ruffle the air a little. And of course if I'm out and about on my laptop I need music to prevent other peoples' chatter from distracting me. I'm a hopeless eavesdropper.
Plus, sometimes if I get stuck a piece of music can trigger a direction for a scene. It's happened more often than you'd think. ;)
Kid Longshot:
I write on my lappytop and I need media player or some musical noise on. Doesn't hurt my writing, it just makes me comfortable. Classical helps me with schoolwork, but I've found any kind of stuff helps me just churn out reasonable results. I've tried putting together a soundtrack for the book I'm writing, but that provides more distractions than it does assistance. I still keep the soundtrack for inspiration factor elsewhere, but it seems that the rule of thumb for me is if it's peaceful music, I write best and only slightly suffer if I listen to my media library on my computer. So, I listen to my favorite artists and Celtic Spa CD when I write. Other than that, I'm set to write.
Gritti:
Thank you Kali and Kid Longshot for representing all those writers out there that do like noise while they work. I knew there had to be plenty 'o writers who at least needed some random background noise while they write. I remember that I needed the TV on when I was in college doing my class work. I'm not sure what's changed from then to now, but now I need quiet. Probably has something to do with my kids being hyper and loud all day long. When it's finally just me at night the quiet is refreshing.
But as I always say to each his or her own.
Kid Longshot:
Aw, you're welcome! =^.^=
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