tracks that are midwifing my drafts

I’m only half-joking with the title. I just got back from a moderately long vacation and I'm still re-wiring my brain from its holiday state. I did no writing (except finishing one short WIP, and I truly mean short) in that time, but I fully expected that. life came first and I prioritized it. I'm slowly getting back to replies; bear with me!

for my own reference, these is a quick rough tally of wips I want to finish at some point* (*anywhere from 2 weeks to 20 years) and uh, certain songs -- I've been calling them midwife tracks -- I've stuck into informal playlists for them.

I don't always listen to music while doing my actual writing, but music is a pretty big source of creative inspiration because I'm the definition of head empty, no imagination, and having lyrics percolating in my head helps me jumpstart the energy needed to think of words. for some wips I get stuck to The Song, aka songs that are... okay, there's no non-cringe way to say it, theme songs for drafts that drive the entire writing process, and those are the midwife tracks -- songs that I'll end up replaying endlessly at 1 AM and generally see me through the whole thing while I finish writing the draft, whichever happens sooner.

this list also doubles up as a not-so-subtle reminder to myself of all the wips i've accumulated, oof.

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