Sunday 25 January 2009

Soundtracks

Somebody somewhere (probably with a PhD in Writing Serious Things) would shout at me for cheating...but I do love writing to a soundtrack.

It's a great way of getting instant access to the right atmosphere, helping me pace all those scenes in my head and making my brain itch with new ideas.

Here's the music that helped me write the first few chapters. In particular, 'Storm' by godspeed you black emperor!. It's not the kind of tune you instantly fall in love with but it's got all the right bits in all the right place, and it goes on for a *long* time. That helps.



1 comment:

Julie-Anne Graham said...

Hey Paul, Brilliant idea!!!
I will be having a little listen to all those tracks that helped inspire such gorgeous words :)
Hooray!
Ja x