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Write like music
Your writing should be so melodious it makes the reader tap their feet.
A phenomenon I commonly see with modern writers is the need to hold retention of the readers, it’s almost a d*ck measuring competition on who can hold more readers to the end.
But in my opinion, the best way to do it, is for your writing to become music itself.
When you’re about to get to the good part of the song, you cannot, at all, ever take off your air buds, no matter what.
Writing like music isn’t just about words. It’s about rhythm, pauses, and flow. Think of ideas as the beat. Emotions as the melody. Sentences rise and fall like waves, pulling you in, then letting you breathe.
It starts small. One note.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Words drop like the first raindrop on dry ground. A soft drum in an empty room. Feel it? That faint thump in your chest? That’s rhythm. The hook. Not loud, but steady. Like the first line of a song you didn’t know you’d love, humming in your mind.
Let me tell you about a night.
City lights blinking like they had their own beat. I was walking, headphones in, no music playing. Just life’s sounds. Footsteps. Cars. Voices from open windows. A natural song.
