Writer's Block Magazine

Everyone has their own routines or rituals to stimulate the creative process. Whether it is a preference of standing up or lying down whilst writing, taking countless shower breaks, drinking vodka and chain-smoking as you write, or turning on the hoover as background noise¹, everyone has their quirks and crutches they depend on to write. One of my personal necessities for writing is listening to music. Very specific, carefully selected music. My friend—and writing-buddy—and I have been developing a writing playlist for something over a year, which we update frequently and actively try to improve. This is a small selection of this playlist, which will hopefully be inspiring or otherwise a useful addition to your own creative process. Enjoy!

1. “Opening Titles” – The Cinematic Orchestra

2. “We Move Lightly” – Dustin O’Halloran

3. “Grizzly Man” – Rockettothesky

4. “Opening Piece” – Lavinia Meijer/Philip Glass

5. “Solo” – Ludovico Einaudi

6. “Soda” – The Cinematic Orchestra

7. “Night” – Ludovico Einaudi

8. “Any Other Name” – Thomas Newman

9. “Mhysa” – Ramin Djawadi

10. “Arrival of the Birds” – The Cinematic Orchestra

¹See Mason Currey’s Daily Rituals: How Artists Work (Pan Macmillan, 2014) for more daily routines of famous creative people.