I find that in the 21st century, there's not a lot of compassion for what other people are going through or the walk that they have to walk.
Some writers are curiously unmusical. I don't get it. I don't get them. For me, music is essential. I always have music on when I'm doing well. Writing and music are two different mediums, but musical phrases can give you sentences that you didn't think you ever had.