Ambient Music...

[panik]

Is brilliant to write to! I usually have a problem getting anything done when Mark has the telly on; I just can't write - or read, either - it's too distracting.

So last night and this morning, I've been playing ambient music, fairly loudly, through my lappy's headphones while I write. I find regular music as distracting as the TV, but ambient stuff just drifts through your head like morning mist and blots out the TV and other annoyances without in any way impinging on the conscious, writing bit of my brain. If anything, it seems to be enhancing the writing - I've just written 2,700 words of Angel Dust while Mark watches The (bloody) Gadget Show.

The last little bit of the story's more than half done and I am well pleased.

We're heading off back to Yorkshire as soon as I've drunk my coffee; it'll be interesting to see how ambient music holds up against the level of distraction found at Dad's house. (o:

Comments

[t-verano.livejournal.com]

I shouldn't worry about catching up to Angel Dust

::raises eyebrows at you:: It's not worry, it's want. (And yes, the hair shirt contributes to the troubles. :-) I need a fashion makeover...)

Um. I don't think of myself as a 'real' beta (there's an awful lot of stuff I don't know how to beta for), and tons of people would be better than me (and way, way *way* faster, especially right now), but if worst (for you) comes to worst, I'm here if you need me (even if I'm best regarded as a sort of 'Gilly covers eyes with hand and moans quietly, wondering where all the *other* betas went' kind of solution). Sort of a back-up offer on the (very off) chance you need it -- I'm probably the wrong person for it (and definitely the slow person), but I just wanted you to know that the spirit is more than willing if it's ever needed.

And oh, I sound *exactly* like David Byrne. Weird chicken-like noises and all. Heh-heh-heh....

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure you're a wonderful beta; you have some of the very best writers just lining up to use your services! (o:

I'm still a few days from wanting a beta; I'll need to read it through myself first, its taken so long to write - I need to be sure it's coherent and makes sense - I can always don the fishnets and walk the streets of Sentinel Betas if necessary.

I posted a new bit this morning, btw - only one more chapter and a mostly-written epilogue to do now (thank all the Gods).

::eyes TV's David Byrne impression like a covetous Magpie with a shiny, sparkly thing::