Aridi Writes

Try this one at home, kids.

A) Take twenty songs that you are listening to on and off at the moment. You can either stick your playlist on Shuffle and pick the first twenty, or choose twenty out of your current flavours, or even pick twenty songs that you just can’t live without. Your choice.

B) List the songs on a piece of paper, or for those that don’t want to kill trees, a document on your machinery of choice.

C) Listen to (or think about) the first song on the list.

D) Use the song to inspire a scene that could occur in the book (or other piece) you are currently working on. The song doesn’t have to be involved – simply note down whatever the song makes you think of, in reference to your work.

E) Repeat C and D for each song on the list.

Maybe this will provide a little kick up the jacksy for anyone stuck in the doldrums. (Like me.)