Binaural - relating to sound recorded using two microphones and usually transmitted separately to the listener's two ears.
Focus Music - focus music blocks distracting stimuli with one relatively simple stimuli, music.
I’m writing whilst listening to ethereal music marketed as binaural focus music for productivity, which I found on
It is early evening, and I have this music on in my earpieces, the TV is on in the room, and yet here am I, not being distracted, rattling away writing what well may become my first blog piece in some time. This music has not been on for not too long, and I have knocked out nearly 200 words at a time in a situation where I would have struggled even to get started in the first place.
This week I have been working on my writing productivity. Monday and Tuesday mornings, I rose at about 0530 and crept downstairs and worked on an article that I am writing for Devon Life Magazine. On Tuesday morning, I wrote roughly 500 words for my thriller novel. I then feel great after a shower, breakfast, with an excellent freshly brewed coffee and a quiet five minutes before I have to leave for work. Last night I had a restless night, and I slept through to 0630 and missed my writing half-hour. I was going to have a go at a quick starter exercise from Writers Forum magazine. I can have a go at that on another day. For the next two days before the weekend, I am starting at 1000, which will allow me to have an hour to write. I’m going to have a further go at my novel. I will give this binaural focus music a try; hopefully, that will keep me going.
I’ve hinted at another article for Devon Life. I can only say that it is about Ottery Writers’ upcoming literary festival in October. My pitch to the editor went well, and I have a copy date looming and need to get the piece up to scratch. My novel is not currently my main project; however, it is getting larger and larger. I’m unsure if it will be good, but I enjoy writing it. After decades of thinking about it, false starts, and leaving versions on obsolete computers, I want to get on with it and get it to the point where I can send it for editing—an exciting prospect.
I want to increase my writing productivity; I start from a low number. I have begun researching for a pitch, which is my intention to pitch toward a national newspaper travel section. I’d also like to use the research slightly differently and aim toward Devon Life and other publications. Using analysis in different ways is a crucial skill for a writer.
I have set myself the challenge over the next couple of years to get my article output to a stage where I could start to work a day or two less a week and use those days to concentrate on my writing business. I’m hoping it might not be too big an ask, but I do think that writing is something that can keep me going for the next decade or so now. It is something that I relish doing and will keep me focused now that I have reached 60. Yes, 60; how did that happen?
The keen-eyed amongst you might have spotted, on my social media, that the other month I invested in a MacBook M1Air. I have been sceptical about Apple Mac products over the years, despite having had an iPhone for quite a few of them. I came across a great reviewer, Mark Ellis, on YouTube. His channel is full of good, honest information. I did quite a bit of research, and by the time I got to the Apple shop in Exeter, I was fully confident about what I wanted to buy. That was disappointing for the Apple employees who had bought their sales pitch ready to roll out. They did mention that I could get a discount for being an NHS worker, worth £75 in this case.
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It is an outstanding laptop. There is no time waiting to boot up, and the battery life is impressive. I’ve only charged it once this week, and I’ve still 80 %! I have all the files that I had on my Windows 10 laptop. I have also bought the Scrivener app, on which I do most of my writing. It was vastly less expensive than an office 365 subscription. It is ideal for all forms of writing that I may get into in the future. When finished, I can even compile my novel for an ebook. To self publish or not is will be the conversation over the coming months.
There we are then. After an hour or so with Binaural Focus Music, I now have a piece for my blog. I will keep you up to date on how I get on with increasing productivity, but at the same thought, I trust you will start seeing my work more.
Links:
Productivity and Deep Focus Music
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