Word order

[Kai13]

我写了三封信。写完了就看了一会儿电视，听了一会儿音乐。

Hey there. I understand what the sentence means, but if I were to say such thing I would say it like that I believe, the word order in here drives me nuts.

I wrote 3 letters. After finishing writing them I saw TV for a bit, listened to music a bit.

Is there anyway for me to understand this better?

Thanks.

[yonglin]

I'm sure replies will be more helpful if you can let us know why you find the word order so confusing, or how you would rather like to say it.

[Kenny同志]

It may be clearer this way.

我写完三封信，看了一会儿电视，之后又听了一会儿音乐。

[Kai13]

写完了就 看了一会儿电视，听了一会儿音乐。

after writing - saw for a few moments TV - listened for a few moments music

Isn't ot possible to write something like

saw TV for a few moments - listened to music for a few moments

Or is it mandatory to use like in the above example.

[HashiriKata]

Isn't ot possible to write something like

saw TV for a few moments - listened to music for a few moments

Or is it mandatory to use like in the above example.

It's certainly possible, but then you'd miss out part of the message and the sentence may sound a bit incomplete:

Your sentence: 看了一会儿电视，听了一会儿音乐。

The original: 写完了(信) 就 看了一会儿电视，听了一会儿音乐。

(The extra bit in the original gives the time frame for the actions.)