Today I’ve decided to completely give myself over to the muse that is music and do a Tempo Tuesday song list for us all to write by (I’m doing 5 songs, because…as I’ve said in the past, odd numbers make everything better for me.)
- “Through Glass” by Stone Sour. I was OBSESSED with this song when it came out. I think I know it forwards and backwards and any in any other applicable angle. Mood: Quietly controlled confusion; asylum music
- “I’m Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You” by Black Kids. Mood: Upbeat Upset
- Paramore’s Cover of Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody” Mood: searching, wanting to be wanted
- “Killing Me Softly” by The Fugees. I love literally any rendition of this song. Literally. Mood: Quiet Upset, desperation, love fear
- “Dancing With Tears in My Eyes” by Kesha. Mood: Angst, self-blame
Now to turn these into a short storyline, in the order in which I’ve listed them. (Note: I came up with the song list before I thought about making it into a narrative. It wouldn’t have been fun if the songs were picked/orchestrated to be a story, don’t you agree?)
Girl A in an asylum, unsure of why she’s there, falls in love with a Girl B. But Girl B loves Boy who befriends Girl A. Boy needs Girl A’s help to woo Girl B. Girl A refuses, but after a time, she just wants to be needed by anyone so she agrees to help Boy, if only to see Girl B happy. It’s killing her inside to see it or even hear about it, but she knows it’s her own fault for helping, so she’ll teach Boy how to get Girl B, even if she can’t see through the tears in her eyes to do it.
What do you all think? I’d love to see other people have a list and make a narrative out of it. I think I’ll keep Tempo Tuesday in mind to be a regular on this blog. So here are the (self-explanatory) rules if you want to carry on Tempo Tuesday:
- Shuffle around on your music player and come up with a list of five songs
- List a mood or marker for each song just in case the reader hasn’t heard it before or doesn’t have time to listen to the video
- Make up a story line using your songs as plot point inspiration.
Link to your own Tempo Tuesday in the comments. I’d love to read them!
P.S. I <3ed the comments left on yesterday's post. Everyone left really great tips on how to pace yourself when trying to reach writing goals. Very helpful stuff. Thanks y'all!
Cool music mash-up! Thanks for sharing, is it sad the last one is so really catchy?
ReplyDeleteJust saying...I don't think I could write without music. I have songs for every single scene I write. And oh...Through Glass...one of my favorites :)
ReplyDeleteP.W.: nope, I think that's the awesomeness of it :)
ReplyDeleteCharissa: Sigh, I do love that song. I always use music for process by hardly ever actually write while listening. I'm too easily distracted...
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