April 26, 2016 
Kemi Faderin 
Everyone knows the expression, “Music is food for the soul.” Here’s my spin on it: Music is fuel for your writing. Last month, I had the privilege to attend one of NYU’s Media Talk series, and the one thing I remember the authors saying over and over again was that they did not necessarily enjoy the writing process (I myself can attest to that). So, what do I do to get in the writing mood? I put on some music. I have a playlist carefully put together just for my listening/writing pleasure. I personally prefer music without lyrics, so here are a few my favorites :
Honor Him/Elysium/Now We Are Free by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
My Name Is Lincoln by Steve Jablonsky
Song For Bob by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
In this short blog post/exercise, Melissa Tydell explains how music is key in an author’s writing journey, and I implore you all to give this exercise a try if you don’t already. You’ll never know what beat gets you writing because, as we all know…
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No way. I write to the sound of the traffic outside my window.
Writing when “inspired by” music would mean I am lifting situations and characters and conversations and stories from someone else. It would adulterate MY story, MY characters, MY ideas.
Not to say that my finished work wouldn’t make a dandy motion picture or that I haven’t already picked out the musical themes for each of the characters in the film, or the title and ending tracks!