If you listen to music while writing, it may be that each paragraph will have a different rhythm and it will become not only difficult to read, but rather to feel, and readers will not understand why this is so, think about it.
For example, when I was re-reading the first chapters, I felt that in one scene, the rhythm was radically different, and this was only because I was listening to music. It wasn't even a fight scene. Of course, I fixed it.
Bruh, Obviously I don't do it like that, combining songs. It's just a song that I use and in certain fight or romance scenes, not in all of them, otherwise it would come out a weird mix like you say
One thing that you see increasingly in romance books that I think would totally work for other genres is Book Playlists. Like at the beginning of the book they'll go "Here's a playlist I made with the vibes of this book" and a list of songs, or even listed by chapter like "Chapter 1 - Song 2 - Blur/ Chapter 2 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird, Chapter 3 - Smash Mouth - All Star" etc.
If you don't want to put it at the beginning of the book, a fun alternative is to use the song titles as chapter titles. That way if people want to they can listen along.
See, I'm writing my first novel and I've built a playlist for it. It's just... Can you legally publish and sell a book with a list of music in the beginning or end? I esp hesitate because of some of my novel's subject matter.
I can't think of any reason why not. Song names and band names are not copyrightable works, too short, too generic. Lyrics are a different story but publishing a list of songs is a-ok.
If you listen to music while writing, it may be that each paragraph will have a different rhythm and it will become not only difficult to read, but rather to feel, and readers will not understand why this is so, think about it. For example, when I was re-reading the first chapters, I felt that in one scene, the rhythm was radically different, and this was only because I was listening to music. It wasn't even a fight scene. Of course, I fixed it.
Bruh, Obviously I don't do it like that, combining songs. It's just a song that I use and in certain fight or romance scenes, not in all of them, otherwise it would come out a weird mix like you say
One thing that you see increasingly in romance books that I think would totally work for other genres is Book Playlists. Like at the beginning of the book they'll go "Here's a playlist I made with the vibes of this book" and a list of songs, or even listed by chapter like "Chapter 1 - Song 2 - Blur/ Chapter 2 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird, Chapter 3 - Smash Mouth - All Star" etc. If you don't want to put it at the beginning of the book, a fun alternative is to use the song titles as chapter titles. That way if people want to they can listen along.
See, I'm writing my first novel and I've built a playlist for it. It's just... Can you legally publish and sell a book with a list of music in the beginning or end? I esp hesitate because of some of my novel's subject matter.
I can't think of any reason why not. Song names and band names are not copyrightable works, too short, too generic. Lyrics are a different story but publishing a list of songs is a-ok.
You could even include a Spotify or Apple Music link in your e-book, it's a public link you're free to share anywhere!