Kali Fajardo- Anstine, author of Sabrina & Corina I've been writing to this song for years, and I always will. It reminds me of a landscape every single time. This song, I always come back to when I'm writing. Simple chords, simple lyrics, stripped down, heart-wrenching. I don't know how this ended up in my rotation - I think Spotify sent it my way, but it got very easy to write to. I love this one to listen to at the gym between writing sessions. This song is almost the flipside to "Cellophane" - here, you've got FKA Twigs in her POWER, and the strange, erratic rhythm of this just keeps me coming back. It perfectly captures the end of love, and the crashing back to reality after your heart has been shattered. This song - and the video - are so beautiful and brutal. It's almost an attempt to channel the mood of the song into text. I'll listen to the same song over and over again as I write, especially when I'm working on short stories. I tend to be drawn to simple songs when I'm writing, Too many lyrics can really mess up the rhythm of writing for me, so I usually listen to something stripped down on repeat. Sarah Rose Etter, author of The Book of X An incomplete list of songs I have repeat ones lately: I’ll listen to a song over and over again until it kind of disappears and all is left is the mood. I need music, usually the same song, playing on repeat one. I like to write in the morning before the anxiety kicks in, and then a little bit again after lunch. Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys by Willie NelsonĮmma Copley Eisenberg, author of The Third Rainbow Girl Great American Cowboy by Sons of the San Joaquin Folk and country music often inspires me to write and the song Outlaws by Joe Purdy inspired my short story "Cowboys and Angels" which appeared in Granta.ĭown to the River to Pray by Allison Kraus I'd say the list is sort of my California in a way. Many of the other songs on this list are mentioned specifically in the book. It evokes a mood that I felt really clearly as I wrote and imagined these characters in their lives. For me, the song "Angel From Montgomery" by John Prine feels like some sort of energetic companion to my novel. Thank you to all the wonderful writers that contributed! Check out their responses below.īelow are some songs that were on heavy rotation as I wrote Godshot. I compiled their recommended songs into a Spotify playlist that you can find at the bottom of this article so you can listen at your leisure. Their playlists are varied and sometimes dependent on what type of project they are working on, but for most, it seems, that music is an important part of their creative process. I asked 13 published and acclaimed authors what music helps get them in the zone or has inspired some of their recent work. Although these stories were unsuccessful (and a little embarrassing and plagiarism?) it made me question the influence of music on other writer’s lives and what artists were capturing their attention or acting as a muse. (It was Summertime Sadness if you were wondering) To me, Lana was (and is) a goddess, her angelic voice and visceral lyrics just bursting with possibility to me. A woman in my workshop caught me, writing in her critique that she enjoyed the shout out to Lana, naming the exact song I had referenced. As an undergrad in college, I wrote more than one short story heavily influenced by Lana Del Rey songs, going as far to steal little lines and images from her lyrics. If you are like me, a daydreamer, music can help you come up with a number of story ideas.
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