Every night when I get home I sit down and play a game on my phone before making dinner. Now my husband works nights but thankfully I live with my best friend so I’m not alone in the evening. Dinner for one and left overs for the other is sometimes a sad meal to make. After dinner I look for something to watch, whether it’s a drama I’m watching (Damn you for cancelling Deception) or maybe I’ll throw on a chick flick and let it play.
However, on the nights I want to write I tend to look for something I’ve seen a hundred times. Something I can practically recite. When it’s something I haven’t watched in a while, or something new, I focus on it and have a hard time focusing on my writing. Now I know most writers prefer silence, or the hustle of a cafe. Some prefer music but myself I need sound, I need something happening and something that I can stare blankly at.
Don’t get me wrong, I can write in silence (I do technical writing at work every now and then) and I can write with music (I have a Writing Music playlist) but I just seem to default to the movies or series that I feel inspire me.
Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, West Wing, Numbers etc. I have likely seen each of these at least twenty times.
Tonight however, I’ve gone with something different. Casino Royale, James Bond, as I hope it inspires me to think of Kyle and draw out that killer character.
Cross your fingers, here we go!
