I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm rereading and editing each sentence, at this point, in my published books, probably 100-150 times each, on average, and listening to probably 20-60 different songs in that time.

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Affects Average Because Books Choose Different Each Editing Listening Music Order Point Published Punctuation Sentence Songs Think Time Times Type Within Words

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