During my 2 1/2 day writing retreat with my critique group last October, I ended up writing 22,000 words on my Saving Marilee manuscript. A lot of that success was due to my determination to plug in and write. No excuses. Just writing. And most of the time I would have my headphones on, listening to my writing playlist so that I could tune out anything else going on around me.
When I’m working on a story, I also have the tendency to listen to the lyrics of all songs to see if they apply to my character or stories. Thus I end up accumulating a list of songs that I associate with my work in progress. The list isn’t terribly long, but I think it’s easy to see why I would choose these songs to represent Marilee’s story.
Fix You—Coldplay
Marilee’s song
Keep Breathing—Inglid Michaelson
Chapter One
Gravity—Sara Bareilles
Marilee and Damian
Begin Again—Taylor Swift Marilee and James
Not About Angels—Birdy
Chapter 8—Realm of the fairies
Instrumental songs I would listen to while writing:
Liz On Top of the World—Pride and Prejudice soundtrack
I totally agree! I was listening to Begin Again by Taylor Swift last night and I was thinking that it totally goes along with Saving Marilee( which I loved)!