Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 09:35:20 -0400 From: Words from the Monastery Subject: EXERCISE: Writing To Music Exercise 23 Writing To Music (pg 33) Explore the synergy between art forms by listening to music as you write--not keeping it on for background noise, but really listening to it. Begin with some soft music that you like, perhaps, a piece that you've found to be soothing or relaxing in the past. See what happens when you writer while listening, letting the music carry your thoughts with it, as a kind of freewriting. Experiment with different kinds of music. Do you think different thoughts when you play rock music, or patriotic music? What happens when you listen to songs sung in a language other than English? Try not to write about the music itself but to let your mood and your ideas be affected by it. Writing Without the Muse 50 Beginning Exercises for the Creative Writer SLP Writer's Guide Beth Baruch Joselow Story Line Press ISBN 1-885266-12-X -- volente Deo, Anthony D http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/4640/ http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/5757/ "Don't you dare gloat, you miserable little biscuit whore." -- Frasier Crane