A long time ago I used to do it, but for whatever reason I stopped doing it. Recently I started doing it again and it's really helped me 'focus' on writing for slightly longer periods at a time. I think part of it is that my method of listening to music is going into a particular game and going to a particular town. Then I just occasionally check something I can do idle-y without focusing on it that gets me in game items. Do note that I mean noise as in 'white noise' something you aren't really focusing on (video game music can be a perfect avenue for that) and maybe even just barely loud enough that you can hear it but not 'think' about hearing it. So like, literal white noise.
Definitely not. I'm too easily distracted, especially by music. If I try writing to music, I just end up listening to the music. If I'm already in the zone, I can stay focused and write no matter what's going on around me, but if I'm trying to get there, I want a quiet, relaxing environment.
Same. In fact normally I can write with music on, though if it's a radio (as it usually is) commercials are too distracting, especially ones with loud aggressive voices demanding immediate attention (most commercials). But if' I'm struggling with ideas in a larval stage I need silence. Once a story has taken form and is rolling I can write most of it with music, aside from a few points where I really need to go deep and think through important things.
I usually do, very quietly. I grew up in a very loud household so it‘s comforting to hear noises. I find complete silence eery. Unless I’m completely lost in whatever I’m doing, I cannot concentrate when there’s just silence. So usually it‘s Ghibli Studio music for me or some nature sounds like rain, thunder or wind.
It depends..sometimes i like hearing talking, so ill put on a reality tv show (Something that doesnt have a story or plot that i dont have to pay attention to). If om writing at night, i prefer music. The music depends on what WIP im working on. I dont like working on public. Im too focused on whats going on around me. And when i put in headphones, im still too alert to focus
I like quiet that is not profound silence: wind, birds, tinnitus... okay, I just put up with the latter; I don't really like it.
Most would say and agree to listening to music . . . what music, well that depends. As my preferences, I'd say classical
Lately it's been lo-fi beats, but those relax me almost too much and I get sleepy. If I'm at work I listen to soundtracks, film or game, because I write at my desk on my lunch break and I don't want to hear my coworkers. I don't need sound to write, but sometimes it's nice. Depending on what I'm writing, it helps with the flow of a scene. Sometimes.
As a rule, no. My home office is on the lowest level, so I don't hear anything if I don't want to. Sometimes I'll listen to a piece of music or ambient sound loop to help get me into a mood (or even just open a window if I want a non-specific sound), but not often. Can't write in public places - too many visual distractions. I'm one of those unfortunate writers that needs to by hyper-focused on the task or it doesn't work.
When I'm writing it usually during the evening and I have the tv going in the background. It surprisingly is helpful.
I definitely need background noise. I hate silence. Music, birdsong, rain, the sea are all good. Generally I work with music in the background, or even the TV.
No noise. For the record, music -- no matter what kind or how low the volume -- is music, not white noise. https://relaxingdigital.com/what-is-white-noise/#!
I need music and most of the time, I listen to the book soundtracks I made on YT. Or, put a CD on in my room. Usually My Chemical Romance, or something else I love.
Headphones with psytrance or house. A whole day can fly by without me noticing. But yeah, without music I need white noise. Even just a fan.
I did write a description of a face listening to music. At a very distinct point I felt like everything was coming together. I was trying to convey something about his face and specifically his smile being a sort of optical illusion and I had spent a good deal of time reading about multistable perception and browsing through Santayana's The Sense of Beauty when I suddenly felt the images and the words shoot through my fingertips. I spent only a week writing this piece. Other parts of it don't have to do with this idea of optical illusion. And when I finally gave it to someone I trust to read, she told me it was really good and compared it to one of French novelist Hervé Guibert's novels, but when I asked her about it she said she wasn't so fond of the part about optics.
