7:04 AM
Open the blinds
Adjust thermostat to 69 degrees
Coffee steaming beside the laptop
Take a sip – needs more cream – back to the kitchen – perfect
Swivel in the desk chair for a few minutes – sipping turns to chugging
Run through a list of my characters – Which one feels natural today? – talk to me, talk to me
7:13 AM
Start up Pandora and stuff in ear buds
C+C Music Factory blares – How did it get on that channel?
Switch channels – no productive writing comes from ♫ things that make you go hmmmm ♫
Adele ♫ the scars of our love, remind me of us ♫
Switch channels again – no one’s breaking up today, thank goodness
Creed ♫ maybe six feet ain’t so far down ♫
Switch channels yet again – no one’s slitting their wrists today either
7:31 AM
Getting frustrated – my main character’s soundtrack (♫ you see into my eyes like open doors ♫ by Evanescence) isn’t working for me today – already tried that
Staind ♫ all the times, I’m on the outside ♫
This could work – secondary character, male, early thirties, badass, not my favorite but essential
Begin writing
8:17 AM
Shinedown ♫ it’s 4:03 and I can’t sleep ♫ - my character is on the run, comes up with some witty lines – barely registering the music now
8:43 AM
It occurs to me that I’ve let the playlist slip – Alice in Chains ♫ like the coldest winter chill, heaven beside you ♫
Change the channel – too late – my character’s lost focus, killed someone he didn’t need to – getting messy
Time for a break – head to the kitchen – make some bacon
Change the channel again – do a little dance with the spatula – ♫ give me the music, yeah, everybody dance now ♫ …
… and realize how C+C Music Factory gets left on my Pandora playlist. But that’s the beauty of ear buds. No one will ever know.
Open the blinds
Adjust thermostat to 69 degrees
Coffee steaming beside the laptop
Take a sip – needs more cream – back to the kitchen – perfect
Swivel in the desk chair for a few minutes – sipping turns to chugging
Run through a list of my characters – Which one feels natural today? – talk to me, talk to me
7:13 AM
Start up Pandora and stuff in ear buds
C+C Music Factory blares – How did it get on that channel?
Switch channels – no productive writing comes from ♫ things that make you go hmmmm ♫
Adele ♫ the scars of our love, remind me of us ♫
Switch channels again – no one’s breaking up today, thank goodness
Creed ♫ maybe six feet ain’t so far down ♫
Switch channels yet again – no one’s slitting their wrists today either
7:31 AM
Getting frustrated – my main character’s soundtrack (♫ you see into my eyes like open doors ♫ by Evanescence) isn’t working for me today – already tried that
Staind ♫ all the times, I’m on the outside ♫
This could work – secondary character, male, early thirties, badass, not my favorite but essential
Begin writing
8:17 AM
Shinedown ♫ it’s 4:03 and I can’t sleep ♫ - my character is on the run, comes up with some witty lines – barely registering the music now
8:43 AM
It occurs to me that I’ve let the playlist slip – Alice in Chains ♫ like the coldest winter chill, heaven beside you ♫
Change the channel – too late – my character’s lost focus, killed someone he didn’t need to – getting messy
Time for a break – head to the kitchen – make some bacon
Change the channel again – do a little dance with the spatula – ♫ give me the music, yeah, everybody dance now ♫ …
… and realize how C+C Music Factory gets left on my Pandora playlist. But that’s the beauty of ear buds. No one will ever know.
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