Monday, July 22, 2013

Trouble With My Main Character And Music

I am having a little trouble still with my main project. It seems the main character has gotten an attitude and doesn't want to talk to me. Which is hard because I need to know how she is feeling. Anyway, I was trying to figure out a way to make her talk and I thought music might help. I know a lot of writers have music always playing while they are writing, but I generally like the silence that my life so rarely affords. I wrote one scene based on these two songs by one of my favorite bands Empty Hats.

Calling On Song   

Happy Man good performance  


I was trying to think of music that would represent my MC or that she might like. She lives in a world of magic and mystery so all kinds are possible. What song would you say that she, or anyone, should definitely hear?  

4 comments:

  1. I love the music! That first one I hadn't heard in ages :) Thank you for the big smile! I neeeeeded it :D

    For music suggestion. Fever Ray. If I had a Heart or The Wolf are haunting and inspiring :)

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    1. Interesting and spooky I will keep this in mind for darker scenes to come.

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  2. While I had never heard of the Empty Hats before reading this, music always seems to help me get my characters to take that next step. I have always believed that music is essential to developing characters; it gives me a sense of what they behave like and what they might listen to if they were in a certain mood.

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    1. I love the idea of using what a character would listen to to help develop the character.

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