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Writing Prompt #3 – Song

I sing a song in my head almost every day. I don’t know why that is but I seem to wake up with certain songs in my head. And it changes – not every day but most days it will be a different song waiting for me to hum it or “give it life” so-to-speak.

I am sure I am not the only person out there that uses music as a way of finding inspiration to write. Usually when I do this, I choose songs that have a melancholy tone to them and again, I don’t know why that is. I’ve always felt that way when it comes to music and writing – the sadder the music, the better I seem to write. Which is odd, I know, but that is my process.

Songs that I’ve used in the past include the following:

And recently, I remembered this song from Twilight which I am using currently for inspiration:

What about you reader? Do you use music for inspiration? What kind of songs do you like to listen to – what are some of your favourites? Let me know in the comments!

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