Music is a powerful tool for Method Writing

Music really can have the same affect on us in real life as it seems to have on characters in the movies. Except rather than allowing us to empathize in one way or the other with specific characters and their circumstances in movies, music for life spurs intention in the right direction and can literally inspire action in dull moments.

Music can spur proactivity in a positive, disruptive way that almost nothing else can. Music is subjective enough in its ability to affect us and to be interpreted that it can provide that metaphorical kick in the ass that each of us often needs for that highly unique personal form of motivation.

Let music guide your mind to dream in ways you wouldn’t normally go. Dream with your eyes wide open and with an open mind to the possibilities. This will lead you to realize the great things you can do. And we can all do great things with just the right amount of dreaming and willingness to suffer for those dreams.

For writers, that simply means visualizing the story on a musical landscape and living it out through the pen.