Music is important to my writing. I pretty much always write with music turned on and playing. Fast music. Driving music. Music that makes me want to think and imagine and create. And makes me move forward while doing it. Not always bright and happy, but never depressing. I don’t write characters that mope around and wonder why they do what they do. I write competent heroes who see what needs doing and go do it. So I want music that brings that attitude with it. And sometimes in fight scenes I’ll have one song on repeat as I write with it in mind. The beats of the song often become part of the staccato rhythm of the conflict. The back and forth. The ebb and flow as the foes move and the heroes respond. The story isn’t interesting if its all about what the hero does after all. There must be a foe that does things, and that foe must have agency or the story won’t be believed. I try to play music that helps me get into the mood to give all sides I write that agency and drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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