Soundtracking (Redux)
I think I wrote about this before, basically my propensity to play music when I'm writing, and how that music and those bands form an unofficial "soundtrack" for the book for me, embodying a feel that's integral.
My current WIP, the first draft of which I finished after writing it the past two weeks (topping out at 81K words), has a very specific soundtrack that resonates with me, both in terms of the characters (some of whom have been in my head for >28 years, believe it or not), and also in terms of the story, itself.
So, here you have some of the bands who are part of my WIP soundtrack:
Harvey Danger (complete discography)
Jawbreaker ("Dear You")
Massive Attack ("Mezzanine")
Since I listened to these bands and their songs while working on this WIP, there's resonance for me when I hear them.
We shared a moment while I wrote this book. I may include a track listing in the back of the book, or maybe I'll post it here, so readers (if any, haha) can listen along to the songs that moved me through my latest book:
Harvey Danger | Authenticity
Jawbreaker | Saving Your Generation
Massive Attack | Group Four
As many of the characters who are in this book have been in my head for so long (since the mid-90s), they represent a lot of my punk/indie/alternative self that's endured over the decades, as we lumber toward dystopia, paradise, and/or extinction.
It's why these 90s bands resonate as part of the soundtrack, even though the story's not actually set in the 90s. I pointedly don't earmark the time and place of this story -- there's smartphones, drones, and social media, so it's obviously 21st century, but I don't tie it down to a specific time out of narrative necessity, since the madness of our times would override any story if it tried to incorporate that into the setting.
This WIP will be coming out this year (TBD), and I'm looking forward to people enjoying it, which I think they will. I know I laughed and cried a lot while writing this one.
My current WIP, the first draft of which I finished after writing it the past two weeks (topping out at 81K words), has a very specific soundtrack that resonates with me, both in terms of the characters (some of whom have been in my head for >28 years, believe it or not), and also in terms of the story, itself.
So, here you have some of the bands who are part of my WIP soundtrack:
Harvey Danger (complete discography)
Jawbreaker ("Dear You")
Massive Attack ("Mezzanine")
Since I listened to these bands and their songs while working on this WIP, there's resonance for me when I hear them.
We shared a moment while I wrote this book. I may include a track listing in the back of the book, or maybe I'll post it here, so readers (if any, haha) can listen along to the songs that moved me through my latest book:
Harvey Danger | Authenticity
Jawbreaker | Saving Your Generation
Massive Attack | Group Four
As many of the characters who are in this book have been in my head for so long (since the mid-90s), they represent a lot of my punk/indie/alternative self that's endured over the decades, as we lumber toward dystopia, paradise, and/or extinction.
It's why these 90s bands resonate as part of the soundtrack, even though the story's not actually set in the 90s. I pointedly don't earmark the time and place of this story -- there's smartphones, drones, and social media, so it's obviously 21st century, but I don't tie it down to a specific time out of narrative necessity, since the madness of our times would override any story if it tried to incorporate that into the setting.
This WIP will be coming out this year (TBD), and I'm looking forward to people enjoying it, which I think they will. I know I laughed and cried a lot while writing this one.
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