Got a cool (but kinda strange) writing tip for you today.
And, if you are someone who finds writing hard and painful, I suspect you’ll find it especially useful.
Check this out:
Recently, when rapping with my bud Rich Bryda (I’ll tell you more about him later), he told me about a way to make your concentration when writing SUPER focused.
Rich, by the way, is no dummie.
He’s written thousands of ezine articles in an ultra-competitive market, and what he told me is probably the best writing tip I’ve ever heard.
What did he say?
Just that, when writing, he puts a Mozart song on “repeat” so it loops over and over.
Does it work?
You bet your under-roos it does.
In fact, I’ve been doing this for a couple weeks now, and it’s done miracles for my concentration and attention span when writing.
The key is to pick songs that “rev” you up.
For example, here are a few songs from my “play list”:
- Clubbed To Death (From “The Matrix” Soundtrack)
- Driving With The Top Down (Iron Man Soundtrack)
- Fire Man (Iron Man Soundtrack)
- Rescue Mission (Watchmen Soundtrack)
- New Divide (Transformers 2 Soundtrack)
- Jamie (Weezer — no idea why this song works for me, whatever)
Anyway, those are just a few.
And what you do is, you pick a song and let it loop for 33.33 minutes (ala Eugene Schwarz’s classic “egg timer” teaching) while writing.
Do you need to listen to the same music I do?
No way, Jose.
I listen to action movie soundtracks cuz that’s what floats my boat.
But what you want to do is make YOUR own playlist, put one of the songs on “repeat” mode (you can do this in iTunes) and let the words fly.
Won’t this get boring?
Or even annoying listening to the same song over and over?
Surprisingly, no.
But it does focus your mind like nothing else.
And hey, who knows?
You may just have yourself a bit of fun to boot.
Ben Settle
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