I am one of those writers that writes best to music. I started doing this during the writing of my first novel, Correction Line. Maybe because I'm such a film geek, but I heard soundtracks playing during the writing of certain scenes. Still, I think there's more to it... something to do with the rhythm of language. But more on that in a bit.

I remember writing a scene in CL where a character feels the full brunt of an explosion, is sent through the air, and is knocked unconscious. I wanted some...