Do you listen to music while you write, or do you find it Distracting?

[MelancholicOtaku]

I tend to listen to chill hop or lofi ,nothing but sweet instrumentals

[ThunderChicken]

If I am conscious there is music playing. It is either in my head or it's on the stereo, but there is always music.

[allisoncandraw]

It depends on the day. Lately I've been enjoying true crime podcasts and YouTube video essays instead

[rosskesi]

I listen to music. It makes me feel pumped!

[skidiggy]

I absolutely MUST listen to music when I'm writing. All the good/right words are hidden in the music. It's mostly music from movie or video game soundtracks, but also some classical music thrown in if the vibe matches. For challenging chapters, I'll throw on the Dune movie score (or the Halo OST) and cue up the pumpkin spice diffuser oil to really get in the zone.

[vapidink]

Music's a must! It helps to drown out background noise that can be distracting, especially during the day. For the most part I stick to OSTs that have no lyrics or have lyrics in other languages. Lately I've been listening to the OSTs of FF16, FF15, Bungo Stray Dogs and the Netflix Sandman series. Sometimes I'll also listen to Japanese city pop from the 80's or 90's.

[Cheekybee07]

I usually listen to instrumentals so i don't get distracted when i'm writing. I've been listening to a lot of Hans Zimmerman lately whenever i have battle scenes for my latest novel. I linked it here if anyone is curious what type of writing comes out of listening to that kind of music lol

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[XiuLyn_12]

I do! I find it helps me focus! Sometimes, I play pop songs to sing along to, and other times, I play instrumentals. It just depends on my mood. So yes, I like working with music!

[Lensing]

I can only listen to instrumental music while I´m drawing or writing,
never with vocals.

I´m a musician and I play mostly 1950s music, a lot of rockabilly, rhythm´n´blues
etc., I avoid those music genres when I draw or write because they distract me
or make me pick up my instruments or sing. That means that I can only listen
to things that I wouldn´t play myself like classic or something like movie
soundtracks

[Liv45]

I always listen to music while writing. At the moment it is the heartstopper playliste on spotify It really does help me If you want to check it out: https://tapas.io/series/Forever-us-/info

[Landon_Elder]

Sometimes I listen to music and sometimes I don't. When I do, I listen to all kinds of musics from pop, instrumentals, hip hop, etc. I will listen to whatever type of music sets the tone for the next chapter I have it.
Ultimately no right or wrong answer. Do what you think will put you in the zone of being immersed in your writing. Listen to what your heart says. Even if you don't know it, experiment and see what works.

[heyroxi]

I practically created an entire playlist on Spotify just for that specific story to play along with!

[NetherSlayer]

I'm currently listening to this as I write right now, actually; it's very soothing for background noise

[kristanisonline]

I always listen to music when I work because it makes the whole process of writing fun

[NickRowler]

If the music has no words, I might be OK. But if there are lyrics, I find it super distracting.

The best way to describe why is that when I listen to music, visuals play in my head sort of like Disney's Fantasia. It's hard to visualize other things when that happens.

On a side note, this doesn't effect math tho. I used to do my math homework with the radio or tv running.

[aleja.x]

I tend to listen to music that fits the vibe of the story. Right now with my historical/fantasy romance, I listen to a lot of classical music, it helps me better envision the story!

[Sinful_Pen]

i do i have ADHD, ADD and OCD so when i am writing a powerful or action pack scene i listen to upbeat music lol

[TheKillingAlice]

Both. In some scenes, I notice how it distracts me - other times, listening to it gets me into a certain mindset. I listen to the song as long as I need to be in that mindset and once I "notice" the music again, I turn it off. In this way, it's like bad CGI. CGI in itself is a good thing, but if you immediately see that it's CGI and you "notice" it is there, that means it's badly done.
EDIT: It's either a song that plays in the scene (sometimes for real, sometimes only in my head, for example there's a song quite prominent in one of my Webnovels, because the protagonist loves listening to it when he's feeling down, or when he's happy, he will listen to it and sing along; I would listen to this song when he's in such a mood to mirror him), other times, I love (for instance) to listen to Closer by NIN when I write scenes in a certain mindset. It's that low bass that draws me in.

[Ordinaryaverageguy]

I usually do listen to music but never anything with lyrics.

[drewdoniger]

When I'm writing, I either do it in silence as I am very bad at actually typing so I always just use speech to text, or I listen to specifically rainy day at Disney World ambience like this

But when I'm drawing, I listen more to mostly game grumps compilations, but sometimes video essays and reviews