Character Soundtracks – Succubus Diaries
I thought Meljean Brook had a very inspiring post over at Odd Shots yesterday – characters and the ‘songs’ that seem to fit them.
I’m a lot like Meljean in that I can’t listen to songs when I’m writing — but that doesn’t mean that they don’t inspire or evoke certain characters or images in your brain. Writers are a bit like magpies in that we take tiny pieces (song lyrics, images, etc) and cobble them together in our brain for inspiration. A lot of writers use collages. I cast my characters and create a personality ‘sheet’ before I begin.
And a lot of characters have songs attached to them. Here’s what springs to mind for me at the moment.
Jackie Brighton — my succubus — doesn’t really have one specific song. Because she’s the main character and she’s so layered (at least in my head) and constantly having to change and adapt, her songs change a lot too. But when I think of her, I usually think of Fiona Apple and this song.
Or Garbage, and this song:
Remy’s a lot easier – she’s definitely a P!nk song. Fun, bouncy, sexy, and doesn’t take herself too seriously.
Noah has always been this song for me:
And Zane is this song. I adore the emotional rawness of it.
The world from the viewpoint of the angels is something along these lines.
From the succubus POV? More like this.
I have a few songs in mind for my new project, but that’s another post.
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