E L James listened to classical music while writing the novel Fifty Shades of Grey (now a film and will hit the screens worldwide this summer).
Some writers say that they can’t write with music wafting from a speaker, as it is distractive. Well, I may not be E L James, but like the author I also like listening to music…sometimes classical, at other times contemporary…anything that is pleasant to my ears.
I like Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album (Capitol Records) because it has some of my favorite classical pieces, like the Flower Duet from Lakmé of Delibes, Prelude from Verdi’s La Traviata, Pachelbel’s Canon in D, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18:Adagio sostenuto, and Bach’s Cantata BWV 147 –Jesys, joy of man’s desiring.
While to some writers music may be distracting, for me it becomes a source of inspiration, more so a nice way to pause when ideas and words are becoming difficult to shape within paragraphs and sentences.
I see James’s wisdom in listening to classical music while writing the novel. I have read parts of his work and it shows that much of his ideas were derived from the images the music radiate.
The CD is available at the classical section of most music stores nationwide.