Road Trip Wednesday: Musical Manuscripts
I thought I was the queen of ridiculously long WIP playlists. Then
said her playlists have over 100 songs, which puts my 60+ to shame. But it's still plenty. Why so many? Two reasons: One, I write dual POV, which means I'm constantly switching back and forth in tone; two, I have at least one song for every. single. scene, listed on my Excel outline beside the chapter number, location, date...
Yes. I am that anal.
Anyway! I have
about the songs that really inspired my contemporary,
, and the song that partially
. But there are a few other songs that have become so indelibly linked to
ATF
in my head that I stop and sigh when I hear them.
Way back before I even joined YA Highway, I posted
for my paranormal,
Refuge,
with the earlier incarnation of this prompt. But
Refuge
is becoming a totally new and different book, and with those changes have come changes to
. These songs are my mental accompaniment to the first three scenes:
and a few that represent the schizophrenic nature of a paranormal about good ole boys:
I'm also working (mentally, not on paper) on a second contemporary that has several working titles, and I don't like any of them. (
A Month of Sundays. Jezebel.
*thumbs down*) It's outlined and whenever I hear a possible song for its playlist, I toss it on
.
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