Most definitely! I have been a musician my whole life and, now that I have finally started writing creatively, I find so many similarities in the writing styles of both music and fiction. As a musician, I often find that no matter the mode or scale I choose to write in, there are still few notes that fill the space of the melody correctly. I have been playing guitar for over 23 years avidly, every day for 4-8 hours in my youth and 20's, and strings for an additional 4-5 years in grade school. Though, I am new to creative writing, I feel it fills the necessity for creativity in my life. I yearn to express my emotions through my fingertips in one shape or another. If I don't sate that desire, I often times fill frustrated and filled to the brim with something that needs expelled from my body. (que monty python holy grail singing prince gif ;P )
I think this is a thing a lot of creative people experience. They may not feel the obsessive frustration like I do, but I believe there are many who do. Maybe, we are compelled by the same forces of imagination.
Anyways, when I am playing music I am always writing, creating. I know I should practice my scales, and believe you me, I will keep pace with the best of them or better, but, I know, when I write I am practicing the ability of writing creatively. You may not think it is something that can be molded, but I know I do, and I will show you a melody that will outshine most of whom can play a thousand notes per second. With so much talent in the world, how will you ever stand apart from others that can play a thousand notes per second or describe a scene in vivid clarity? A twelve year old can show you up on their finally honed technique, but can they express to you a melody that moves you through the entire spectrum of your emotions? Some can impressively, but not most. The melody develops through wisdom and experience, and, often times, struggle and strife.
I often will write a generic version of a melody and fine tune it through playing it numerous times. I will start it over from the beginning, or several measures beforehand, to experience the full effect. Just as I will a paragraph to assure the rhythm of the sentences flow smoothly. Its like the dependency of the scales and modes are writing the story or melody for me, but I am simultaneously wielding them in a rhythm that expresses myself also. To be quite honest, it's really freakin awesome. To be the creator, yet to be the one who listens or reads; the one that also experiences. I often discover in my writing details of the story that weren't planned ahead of time making it feel like I am the reader. You know when a part fits in fiction the same as a musician knows the placement of a note. It will fall in rhythm with the tune, or render the voicings dissonant to the observer.
Daily, I am so thankful to be a creative person. How would I have ever imagined the vastness of creation, or a universal perspective without pondering the possibility of trillions of fictional societies in our Universe? It's a fortunate thing to not be governed by the tolerances of objectivity.
