Writing Playlist

When I get in the mood to work or write, in particular, there is no special reason or rhyme to it, I just do it. There are a few times, though, that music inspires me with an idea to start a story or how to continue a story, so the songs I've chosen are because they remind me of specific stories I have in mind to write or am already writing. They are either the entire backbone to the story itself, or they have inspired certain key scenes. With general working that I do, I just turn music on softly and tune it out for background noise, so there are no specifics there.

For my 2 book series (which is untitled as a series thus far), the premise is of a girl who grew up emotionally and physically abused and traumatized and has developed serious trust issues (as to be expected) and the stories center around her shifting to a new environment and overcoming those problems and facing them. There are a few songs as a result that have inspired a huge basis for the first of the two:

• Inside Your Heaven - Carrie Underwood
• Some Hearts - Carrie Underwood
• Sorry - Sleeping With Sirens

Most of these songs come from the people around the main character, Anna, who are trying to help her.

I also have a vampiric series I am working on called the Immortality Series, which is much more action-based than the former series. I am most inspired to work on this series by listening to film scores from action movies. A few of those songs would be:

•  Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows (Part 1), Film Score: The Deathly Hallows - Alexandre Desplat
• Captain America: The First Avenger, Film Score: Fight On The Flight Deck - Alan Silverstri
• Robin Hood, Film Score: Fate Has Smiled Upon Us - Marc Streitenfeld

For my book, Lives of the Misunderstood, there is a particular band that stands as a backbone for the resolution: Black Veil Brides, particularly their song Sweet Blasphemy.

• Knives and Pens
• I Am Bulletproof
• Never Give In
• Tangled In the Great Escape - Pierce the Veil (more of the inspiration for a specific character)

The last series I've contemplated writing (but haven't figured out the kinks enough to actually start on), is more of a fantastical series filled with Fey creatures, though centered in modern times. This series, along with my book In Time of War (which is more historically and fantasy based), I am often inspired to write when I hear film scores from movies like Lord of the Rings or artists like Enya.

•  Evening Falls - Enya
• Pilgrim's Way - Phil Coulter
• How To Train Your Dragon, Film Score: Counter Attack - John Powell
• Deora Ar Mo Chroi - Enya 
• The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey, Film Score: An Ancient Enemy - Howard Shore
• May It Be (From The Lord Of The Rings) - Lisa Kelly

These are just a few of the many songs that get me in the mood to write my stories - if I can't do something extraodinary, why not have my characters do them?
Thanks for exploring my music with me! :)