Writing Meme Day 7 - Play On
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naomi_jay7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
I do sometimes, but more often I have the TV on as background noise. But when I do listen to music, there is endless variation on what I play. I'm going through a Misfits phase at the moment - most of Demonised was written to American Psycho. I'm also madly in love with Ellie Goulding, so she comes up a lot too. Over the weekend I played a lot of classical music while I finished up Demonised because I was feeling kind of mellow. So it varies wildly.
As for songs that apply to the characters... OMG, the list is endless. Going back to Demonised, Ethan's theme song is Monster by Skillet, and I also assigned Private Eye by Alkaline Trio to his personal playlist because, well... he's a private eye. Voices by Disturbed also seemed very apt. Given the Misfits kick I was on whilst writing it, songs like Dig Up Her Bones and Crimson Ghost will forever be associated with Ethan for me too, even if they don't necessarily fit the story.
I sometimes put together proper playlists for novels - SILVER KISS had a lot of Florence and the Machine (Howl, naturally). Wild has a massive playlist. Lizzie's personal theme songs are F'cked Up Girl by The Vandals and Ever Fallen In Love by the Buzzcocks. There was a lot of Misfits and Greenday on that soundstrack too. Also a lot of AFI. AFTERLIFE was very My Chemical Romance heavy - How I Disappear is Yasmin's theme song, and Dead!, and Vampires Will Never Hurt You were on there too.
Scarlett and Ash win the day for most epic playlist of epicness though. I've lost count of the number of songs that make me leap up and think "This is totally just like Scarlett and Ash!" For those interested though, there's a small selection below:
Love Like Winter - AFI
Wester - AFI
The Last Kiss - AFI
Bleed Black - AFI
Prayer Position - AFI
Darling, I Want to Destroy You - AFI
Okay, I Feel Better Now - AFI
Kill Caustic - AFI
Endlessly, She Said - AFI
End Transmission - AFI
Halo - Soil
Kiss With a Fist - Florence and the Machine
My Boy Builds Coffins - Florence and the Machine
Your Biggest Mistake - Ellie Goulding
This Love (Will Be Your Downfall) - Ellie Goulding
It Never Ends - Mandrake
Drowning Lessons - My Chemical Romance
Famous Last Words - My Chemical Romance
Once Solemn - Paradise Lost
Great Balls of Fire - The Misfits
Helena - The Misfits
Saturday Night - The Misfits
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
Hurt - Johnny Cash
A Case of You - Caroline Lavelle
Stricken - Disturbed
Time Is Running Out - Muse
Unspoken - Lacuna Coil
Within Me - Lacuna Coil
Enjoy the Silence - Lacuna Coil
Stately Lover - Lacuna Coil
Falling Again - Lacuna Coil
Poison - Alice Cooper
Sober - Pink
I Alone - Live
Top - Live
Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf (he is still relevant, dammit!)
Strawberry Gashes - Jack Off Jill
Girlscout - Jack Off Jill
Fear of Dying - Jack Off Jill
Star No Star - Jack Off Jill
Firestarter - The Prodigy
No Good (Start the Dance) - The Prodigy
Whipped - Tuuli
I'll leave it at that for now, but there are loads more I can't remember off the top of my head, and more get added all the time. It's getting ridiculous really.
8. What’s your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you’d like to share?
13. What’s your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing?
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you’ve never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What’s the most interesting way you’ve killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
26. Let’s talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there’s nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?
30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
I do sometimes, but more often I have the TV on as background noise. But when I do listen to music, there is endless variation on what I play. I'm going through a Misfits phase at the moment - most of Demonised was written to American Psycho. I'm also madly in love with Ellie Goulding, so she comes up a lot too. Over the weekend I played a lot of classical music while I finished up Demonised because I was feeling kind of mellow. So it varies wildly.
As for songs that apply to the characters... OMG, the list is endless. Going back to Demonised, Ethan's theme song is Monster by Skillet, and I also assigned Private Eye by Alkaline Trio to his personal playlist because, well... he's a private eye. Voices by Disturbed also seemed very apt. Given the Misfits kick I was on whilst writing it, songs like Dig Up Her Bones and Crimson Ghost will forever be associated with Ethan for me too, even if they don't necessarily fit the story.
I sometimes put together proper playlists for novels - SILVER KISS had a lot of Florence and the Machine (Howl, naturally). Wild has a massive playlist. Lizzie's personal theme songs are F'cked Up Girl by The Vandals and Ever Fallen In Love by the Buzzcocks. There was a lot of Misfits and Greenday on that soundstrack too. Also a lot of AFI. AFTERLIFE was very My Chemical Romance heavy - How I Disappear is Yasmin's theme song, and Dead!, and Vampires Will Never Hurt You were on there too.
Scarlett and Ash win the day for most epic playlist of epicness though. I've lost count of the number of songs that make me leap up and think "This is totally just like Scarlett and Ash!" For those interested though, there's a small selection below:
Love Like Winter - AFI
Wester - AFI
The Last Kiss - AFI
Bleed Black - AFI
Prayer Position - AFI
Darling, I Want to Destroy You - AFI
Okay, I Feel Better Now - AFI
Kill Caustic - AFI
Endlessly, She Said - AFI
End Transmission - AFI
Halo - Soil
Kiss With a Fist - Florence and the Machine
My Boy Builds Coffins - Florence and the Machine
Your Biggest Mistake - Ellie Goulding
This Love (Will Be Your Downfall) - Ellie Goulding
It Never Ends - Mandrake
Drowning Lessons - My Chemical Romance
Famous Last Words - My Chemical Romance
Once Solemn - Paradise Lost
Great Balls of Fire - The Misfits
Helena - The Misfits
Saturday Night - The Misfits
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
Hurt - Johnny Cash
A Case of You - Caroline Lavelle
Stricken - Disturbed
Time Is Running Out - Muse
Unspoken - Lacuna Coil
Within Me - Lacuna Coil
Enjoy the Silence - Lacuna Coil
Stately Lover - Lacuna Coil
Falling Again - Lacuna Coil
Poison - Alice Cooper
Sober - Pink
I Alone - Live
Top - Live
Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf (he is still relevant, dammit!)
Strawberry Gashes - Jack Off Jill
Girlscout - Jack Off Jill
Fear of Dying - Jack Off Jill
Star No Star - Jack Off Jill
Firestarter - The Prodigy
No Good (Start the Dance) - The Prodigy
Whipped - Tuuli
I'll leave it at that for now, but there are loads more I can't remember off the top of my head, and more get added all the time. It's getting ridiculous really.
8. What’s your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you’d like to share?
13. What’s your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing?
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you’ve never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What’s the most interesting way you’ve killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
26. Let’s talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there’s nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?
30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!
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on 2010-06-09 05:05 pm (UTC)Thems some great tunes. And serves as a reminder that I need more AFI.
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on 2010-06-09 07:14 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2010-06-09 10:30 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2010-06-10 08:03 am (UTC)