That Which Motivates Me

for JusJoJan – Prompt: Motivation

People often ask me what motivates me when I am writing. My standard answer is usually Catharine, my muse, but truthfully, it is music. I usually say Catharine because she embodies everything that I do when it comes to writing. You see, I write via inspiration and of course, Catharine is my greatest source of inspiration. She inspires the music I listen to, the prompts and ideas I respond to and motivates me to write. In fact, she can be a downright pest about it. I have frequent 3 am visits from her that wake me up to write. She follows me to the bathroom filling my head with words and phrases. She interrupts movies or tv shows to drop lines into my mind. She is very persistent.

But it really is the music. I cannot write unless I have music playing in my ears. It used to drive my parents crazy that I had music on while doing my homework. I frequently heard “how can you concentrate with that noise?” It isn’t noise to me though. The music itself fades into the background and I am able to concentrate. Silence is okay while reading, but if I have to write something, I need music. And not just any kind of music. It has to be rock, alternative, or even heavy metal.

Here is a sample of my typical playlist:

Linkin Park
Type O Negative
Disturbed
Metallica
Evanescence
Eminem
3 Doors Down
Apocalyptica
Avenged Sevenfold
Five Finger Death Punch
HIM
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Pink Floyd
Seether
Slipknot
Staind
System of a Down

These groups stay on my Youtube playlist, but I am always looking for more to motivate me. You can probably tell by the groups listed that I like dark music. And it’s true. Dark music speaks to my dark soul.

If you’d like to contribute to my playlist, leave a group’s name below and I will review their music and give them a shot. I am currently building my playlist for February’s Horror Tales and would love some new music to listen to while I write those dark, twisted tales.

Today’s motivation has been brought to you via Linkin Park!

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