As I'm sure everyone knows by now, I'm seriously nervous about my manuscript and the editor appointments I'm attending this weekend. Yes, I leave tomorrow morning and won't be back until Sunday. I plan to take my laptop along so I can attend some of the FF&P chats and boost my confidence a bit.
What I'm really blogging about, is a strange sensation I just had. I'm looking over my completed manuscript, cleaning up this part here, that part there, and right when I get to the part where Lucian finally FINALLY realizes how important Ruby is to him and how badly he's betrayed her...REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling" begins to play. I got goosebumps! It fit the scene perfectly, like it was Fated to be...or just really good timing.
I wish there was some way to make soundtracks for books...like a disc you buy with the book that plays while you read, giving you the perfect atmosphere for each scene. That would be awesome. Of course, it's impractical since not everyone reads at the same pace.
Anyway, I just had to share that since it was so...serendipitous.
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I DO make my own soundtrack to write to- LOL! Songs that fit my story line. But I think it would be awesome to have one to read to but I read so fast, it may sound like the chipmunks! Sfcatty from SouthernSizzle
ReplyDeleteDanica: Like Sherry, I make a soundtrack to write to. For my current WIP, which involves a lady cardplayer, I have Pokerface (listen to Chris Daughtry's version!), Abba's Winner Takes it All, etc. relating to cards, then some heartbreak songs like I Will Always Love You (D Parton, not W Houston) because she leaves the hero "for his own good". I recommend it -- picking out the songs helps me figure out where the story is going, and sometimes I find a song that crystallizes the emotional content for me.
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