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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Looking for emotion in all the wrong places
Influence this week: Memories- Seminole County- Reasons EP
There is a part of this song that hooked me- hook, line and sinker. When we think of books, we think of the hook. We instantly think of the part that made the story for us, the reader, and it's the one thing we think about when we think of a certain book written by that one specific author. There is a hook that guaranteed me to listen to this group again.
The lyric reads, "I love the way your eyes stop for a minute and look up at me... I wanna spend the rest of my life with you. I wanna be the one you never leave. I wanna be the only one."
If this isn't a visual lyric, I don't know what it. The song is about finding that perfect someone for yourself, and pursuing it. It's like walking into a crowded ballroom and his eyes find you instantly. In that moment, time stands still and a million things happen between you without a single word spoken. The lyric inspires me every time I hear it and plays the perfect hero/heroine scene:
The light was soft in the room, the dark chocolate of the walls blended into the fire licking out from the fireplace. She sat in the leather rocking recliner in the corner, surrounded by the shadows. Her heart was heavy, her mind raced in fifty different ways at once. The chair rocked absently, his cologne still strong on the leather as she burrowed herself deeper into the soft cushions. She pulled the chenille throw tighter around her and stared at her place on the couch. How many times had he sat here, while she kept her nose in a book and ignored him, and watched her with those eyes she kept seeing behind her eyelids? The way he could pin her with a look. The way his breath whispered across her skin at night and the way his fingers brushed over her hip as he pulled her closer. How many times had she taken him for granted and never made herself a part of his permanent memory?
Rain pelted against the windows and the roof. The sound of hail on the old wooden door played her and made her wish it were knuckles threatening to beat the door down. If she closed her eyes, she could hear his voice calling her name.
Then she realized it really was his voice calling out her name.
She moved as though she was in a dream. The recliner smacked against the wall, the throw fell forgotten on the floor. Her legs couldn't move her fast enough to the door. Her fingers couldn't grasp the lock and throw it open. She fumbled for eternity until the lock finally turned and she threw open the door.
He stood there, t-shirt clinging to him, jeans soaked to the core. His hair dripped into his eyes and onto his cheeks. His lips were set in a firm line, eyes black in the night. She wanted to touch him, show him somehow he was the only one she wanted to be with, but she didn't know how to make it right. He reached for her, fingers wrapped around her wrist and pulled her against his chest. His lips found hers and emotion took over. She knotted her fingers into his t-shirt and threw everything she had into him.
~ I mean how many times have we wanted that one someone in our lives that knew us for who we were and not someone we pretended to be?
As writers I think we have a lot of opportunities to right wrongs and settle scores and change ordinary lives in our fictional worlds. Taking chances when we normally would take the back seat. Putting ourselves out there when we normally would stay closed off.
I read a book this weekend by Jennifer Crusie Bet Me where the heroine was an ordinary woman and living a dull ordinary life that happens to go to dinner with a guy she can't stand. And every time this woman turns around, this annoying man is there. (Or in his case, every where he turns, she's there.) But in the end, they fell in love. There's something that just struck a chord within me as I was reading this book. Not to mention it was hilarious, but she tried her damnedest to hate him, and once he showed her the things she was lacking in her life, it wasn't the same without him. Isn't that how life is supposed to be, regular life and not fiction life? Yet, we spend our entire writing careers writing for the fantasy, and for things we wished we could experience in our own lives.
I think it's easier for us to write about emotion than to experience it for ourselves. Being a writer helps me recognize emotion in other people, categorizes it for later when I might need to reference it and helps me move on. It's very clinical to me- processing emotion that is- but without that filter, I couldn't function as a writer. I couldn't keep my own emotions in check long enough to channel my character's internal emotions. And I think as a part of character growth and a part of my own growth as a writer is based off my ability to make that emotion connect with the reader. If the emotion is not true to the circumstance, then I've failed. I feel like that often.
Where do you look for emotion for later? Do you analyze music lyrics? Listen to the infliction of tone as someone speaks? People watch for good ideas? Use the DH as an experiment without him knowing? (Marn- I'm just thinking you probably have a good story about this.) How do you go about describing the emotion? Readers- what is your favorite emotion to read about and what authors do you think do emotion well?
There is a part of this song that hooked me- hook, line and sinker. When we think of books, we think of the hook. We instantly think of the part that made the story for us, the reader, and it's the one thing we think about when we think of a certain book written by that one specific author. There is a hook that guaranteed me to listen to this group again.
The lyric reads, "I love the way your eyes stop for a minute and look up at me... I wanna spend the rest of my life with you. I wanna be the one you never leave. I wanna be the only one."
If this isn't a visual lyric, I don't know what it. The song is about finding that perfect someone for yourself, and pursuing it. It's like walking into a crowded ballroom and his eyes find you instantly. In that moment, time stands still and a million things happen between you without a single word spoken. The lyric inspires me every time I hear it and plays the perfect hero/heroine scene:
The light was soft in the room, the dark chocolate of the walls blended into the fire licking out from the fireplace. She sat in the leather rocking recliner in the corner, surrounded by the shadows. Her heart was heavy, her mind raced in fifty different ways at once. The chair rocked absently, his cologne still strong on the leather as she burrowed herself deeper into the soft cushions. She pulled the chenille throw tighter around her and stared at her place on the couch. How many times had he sat here, while she kept her nose in a book and ignored him, and watched her with those eyes she kept seeing behind her eyelids? The way he could pin her with a look. The way his breath whispered across her skin at night and the way his fingers brushed over her hip as he pulled her closer. How many times had she taken him for granted and never made herself a part of his permanent memory?
Rain pelted against the windows and the roof. The sound of hail on the old wooden door played her and made her wish it were knuckles threatening to beat the door down. If she closed her eyes, she could hear his voice calling her name.
Then she realized it really was his voice calling out her name.
She moved as though she was in a dream. The recliner smacked against the wall, the throw fell forgotten on the floor. Her legs couldn't move her fast enough to the door. Her fingers couldn't grasp the lock and throw it open. She fumbled for eternity until the lock finally turned and she threw open the door.
He stood there, t-shirt clinging to him, jeans soaked to the core. His hair dripped into his eyes and onto his cheeks. His lips were set in a firm line, eyes black in the night. She wanted to touch him, show him somehow he was the only one she wanted to be with, but she didn't know how to make it right. He reached for her, fingers wrapped around her wrist and pulled her against his chest. His lips found hers and emotion took over. She knotted her fingers into his t-shirt and threw everything she had into him.
~ I mean how many times have we wanted that one someone in our lives that knew us for who we were and not someone we pretended to be?
As writers I think we have a lot of opportunities to right wrongs and settle scores and change ordinary lives in our fictional worlds. Taking chances when we normally would take the back seat. Putting ourselves out there when we normally would stay closed off.
I read a book this weekend by Jennifer Crusie Bet Me where the heroine was an ordinary woman and living a dull ordinary life that happens to go to dinner with a guy she can't stand. And every time this woman turns around, this annoying man is there. (Or in his case, every where he turns, she's there.) But in the end, they fell in love. There's something that just struck a chord within me as I was reading this book. Not to mention it was hilarious, but she tried her damnedest to hate him, and once he showed her the things she was lacking in her life, it wasn't the same without him. Isn't that how life is supposed to be, regular life and not fiction life? Yet, we spend our entire writing careers writing for the fantasy, and for things we wished we could experience in our own lives.
I think it's easier for us to write about emotion than to experience it for ourselves. Being a writer helps me recognize emotion in other people, categorizes it for later when I might need to reference it and helps me move on. It's very clinical to me- processing emotion that is- but without that filter, I couldn't function as a writer. I couldn't keep my own emotions in check long enough to channel my character's internal emotions. And I think as a part of character growth and a part of my own growth as a writer is based off my ability to make that emotion connect with the reader. If the emotion is not true to the circumstance, then I've failed. I feel like that often.
Where do you look for emotion for later? Do you analyze music lyrics? Listen to the infliction of tone as someone speaks? People watch for good ideas? Use the DH as an experiment without him knowing? (Marn- I'm just thinking you probably have a good story about this.) How do you go about describing the emotion? Readers- what is your favorite emotion to read about and what authors do you think do emotion well?
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I'm gonna sound a bit like a broken record (I hope some of you remember records...those big black flat discs that would get a scratch on them so the needle would keep jumpin' back and repeatin' a bit a' the song? Yeah, those things!) But...I am a lucid dreamer and more times than not, I rise wit' a heavy weight a' emotion from dreams I be filterin' through.
I've woken up in tears, and in laughter. Angry? Oh, massive anger...meloncholy and comfort...it's all there. I am a woman a' leisure and so often, I will lay back down and sink back into that dream...and mine it for substance, situation and plot. Like an unseen director, I'll toy wit' me dream and pour more detail inta it...then come back ta meself and write it down. Or wander with it flittin' about on the edge of me mind all day... Might even lay back down and let meself sink inta it again.
I'm dense as a brick when observing the 'real' world...but sink me in a dream and it's all there. I think, in the 'real' world, I'm too attentive ta the now and keep track of nothin'.
Wit' song lyrics, I find words that express somethin' I'm already writin' and let it 'elp me out. Ya be turnin' me on ta music that be most 'elpful lately, Sin...
Oh dear, I have an example and I don't remember? How like me is that? LOL! Jog my memory, dearie? Not that I'm above using my DH as an emotional experiment (shhhh... don't tell him).
I use a lot of things to find emotion. Other books, movies. My family. Songs. I've been looking for songs for my current WIP but I haven't found just the right song. The Fray's Look After You is as close as I've gotten but it's still not perfect.
I'm a little bit of a romantic. So I'm always looking to wring out the angst in real life situations to find some emotion for my fiction.
I'm finding my machiato is not strong enough today.
Marn, I don't know if you have a specific tale, but I figured you probably had something as an example to using the DH for a higher purpose other than a paperweight for the couch.
MM, I sort of remember those flat disc things. Sort of like a really floppy for computers. I bet kids don't even remember when there was the 3.5 floppy (which was more like a hard disk) let alone the 5.5 floppy that was a thin as a sheet of paper.
I still have records. I like the memory of them.
I'm loving that you've found Evanescence to help you. Their "Fallen" CD is awesome.
I'm so completely spooked at the moment. This is the discussion Terri and I were having, so to speak. Believe me, close enough to what we were discussing to spook me. Have you two been talking too?
I analyze music lyrics, yes. I love music lyrics...and music. My current favorite song is Brad Paisley's THEN. Kimberly Williams has been such a good writing influence on Brad. His stuff lately has been absolutely amazing. I would love to have a man say that stuff to me.
"now your my whole life
now you're my whole world
I just cant believe
the way i feel about you girl
Like the river meets the sea
strong then its ever been
we've come so far since that day
and I thought i loved you then"
Wow!
Those are some beautiful lyrics. I'm not a country fan, but sometimes, lyrics in country songs are completely amazing.
And I've not been talking to anyone. Someone once told me I have the ability to just know things. Maybe this is just one of those things. LOL
I swear, Sin & I haven't been talking behind your back. LOL! But I read this line, "I think it’s easier for us to write about emotion than to experience it for ourselves" and thought, "Wow, didn't Hellie just say that!"
Is angst an emotion? Or an emotional mixed drink of sorts? (Chance - Another to add!) Unfortunately, I don't deliberately seek out stuff for emotions. I think maybe I've felt them all in varying degrees and just go with my experiences.
But there are times that I hear a song for the first time and certain lines give me goosebumps. I can feel it coming on and it's such a physical reaction for me when the right thing is said in the right way.
As Hellie says, Brad Paisley is a master at this. The first time I heard his song, "She's Everything" I cried. Right there in my car. It was exactly how I wanted a guy to feel about me. Seriously, this dude is good.
But then there's songs like Stupid Boy from Keith Urban that invokes totally different feelings.
she laid her heart and soul right in your hands
And you stole her every dream and you crushed her plans
She never even knew she had a choice and that's what happens
When the only voice she hears is telling her she can't
You stupid boy
At the end, you realize the singer/narrator is the stupid boy.
Nobody's ever gonna love me like she loved me
And she loved me, she loved me
God please, just let her know
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
Baby, yeah, I'm down on my knees
She's never coming back to me
There's all kinds of torn up emotions in there. And when you hear his voice, it's really something.
Freaking link! I'll try that again.
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/evanescence/thelastsongimwastingonyou.html
I'm going to say it, only because every time we get on this topic, Evanescence (Amy Lee) is one of my favorite song writers. Her lyrics are so passionate. Depends what sort of mood I'm in for what sort of lyrics.
Today I'm feeling: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/evanescence/thelastsongimwastingonyou.html
"Sparkling grey,
They're my own veins.
Any more than a whisper,
Any sudden movement of my heart.
And I know, I know I'll have to watch them pass away"
You have a lot of hidden anger, don't you, Sin? LOL! Those are awesome lyrics though. Especially toward the end. "I'm not buying baby." That's a great F-U song.
Maybe I was channelling Hellie today. *shrug* I dunno. Freaky.
It true though. About emotion. I know that Hellie and I have danced over the surface of that at writing meetings before, but something about it rang true last night. I think for me, writing emotion boils down to actually expressing emotion and pretending for a second that I don't have armor on protecting me from the prying eyes. Overly emotional for me gets me nowhere and everywhere at the same time. It's almost like system overload. So it's easier for me to pretend I lack the emotion and tune into the emotion of my characters because it's easier to compartimentalize than having emotion in every day life. Because if I had emotion in every day life, I'd be a train wreck. Or at least I can say, I used to be a train wreck.
It's a great Amy Lee fuck you song.
I dunno. Maybe you're right, Ter. Maybe I have a lot of hidden anger issues that I won't deal with.
My other favorite song is, Don't (Jewel)
Don't walk too close
Don't breathe so soft
Don't talk so sweet
Don't sing
Don't lay oh so near
Please don't let me fall in love with you again
Please let me forget
all those sweet smiles
all of the passion
all of the heat, the peace, the pain
all those blue skies
where your words were my freedom
Please, don't let me fall in love with you again
Too many times
I've cared too much
I stood on the edge
and saw that you held my hand
and knowing too well
I couldn't hide from those eyes
Please, don't let me fall in love with you again
I think lyrics that inspire me the most to write are the ones with a lot of heart ache in them. I don't necessarily think that it's something I can identify with (Okay, I can identify with it) but I think I need something to remind me of what it's like. So considering I'm bumming the majority of us out today, would you like me to switch to rap lyrics? LOL
Ter, I almost missed the best part of your comment.
"But there are times that I hear a song for the first time and certain lines give me goosebumps. I can feel it coming on and it’s such a physical reaction for me when the right thing is said in the right way."
I agree. There are times when I hear something (Has anyone heard The Fray's remake of Kanye West's Heartless?) when it's like I've been waiting for this song. I think I felt that way when I heard "Falling" by Lacuna Coil for the first time. Or when I heard, "Understanding" by Evanescence. Anyone heard anything great lately?
*LOL* I feel like the train wreck today.
Don't worry about bumming me out. I arrived this way. I'm playing Sara Evans's Coalmine because it's peppy and I hope it helps.
I'm sure I've had that reaction lately, but I'll have to think about it. And yeah, this is getting a bit depressing. LOL!
I haven't heard the Fray's version but I'm guessing it's much like the version Kris Allen did on American Idol. In fact, he was probably copying them. LOL! I loved that version.
Have you ever heard the guy that takes outragious songs and does them in a Vegas lounge act way? I have him doing The Nookie by Limpbisket (sp?) and it's hysterical.
This is one that gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it which was on some television show. It's Celine Dion so you can imagine the voice.
Don’t know much about your life.
Don’t know much about your world, but
Don’t want to be alone tonight,
On this planet they call earth.
You don’t know much about my past, and
I don’t have a future figured out.
And maybe this is going too fast.
And maybe it’s not meant to last,
But what do you say to taking chances,
What do you say to jumping off the edge?
Never knowing if there’s solid ground below
Or a hand to hold, or hell to pay,
What do you say?
It's called Taking Chances.
I heard a song for the first time the other day that so perfectly described my WIP it totally freaked me out. Rise Against's "Audience of One"
The whole thing is just perfect but the best part is:
Identities assume us
As nine and five add up
Synchronizing watches
To the seconds that we lost
I looked up and saw you
I know that you saw me
We froze but for a moment
In empathy
I brought down the sky for you but all you did was shrug
---
And then there's this Framing Hanley song "Here me Now" It has every bit of angst I'm trying to write, and just makes my heart ache. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sQrxIUAiZw
You have to hear the first chorus. Awesome.
I'm actually terrible at analyzing song lyrics. I usually have to look up sites where people are talking about the lyrics to have any idea what they're talking about *g*. I have the same reaction to poetry. I can feel the emotion, but I can't wrap my mind around the meaning. But I love songs that create an emotional reaction in me.
God, I love angst.
The Nookie as a Vegas Lounge Act? Now that sounds funny. Does he play in Vegas? Do we need to make a road trip?
I love Amy Lee. I can just turn on one of their albums and blare it and write to that. Perfect angst. :)
Hal - I can totally hear that song behind the movie trailer for your story. That's awesome. I've never heard of them. I will be looking them up on iTunes tonight.
I can't remember the guys name who does the lounge versions. The only one I can find on YouTube is Richard Cheese and that's not the one I have. I'll check my CD tonight for his name. He does other stuff that you'd never imagine in lounge version. I think he might do Baby Got Back. LOL!
Ter - doesn't it fit so perfectly? It's almost creepy. I love it.
Omigosh Hal!! I love that Framing Henley song! I have it on my list to download from iTunes.
Isn't it awesome! I hadn't heard it before until it came on the radio and I'm fully addicted to it now.
Built for Sin is another of my favorites of them.
Hal, have you heard the acoustic version of the song?
I keep a running list of iTunes wants.
My list right now is:
Hear Me Now (Acoustic version)- Framing Hanley
Take Me Home- After Midnight Project
Too Bright to see, Too Loud to Hear- Underoath
Liars, Cheaters and Thieves- Silverstein
I Get Off- Halestorm
Heartless- The Fray
I Still Lost- Dommin
Contradiction- Sonic Syndicate
the acoustic version is so great, isn't it? I hadn't heard Built for Sin - another great song. I don't know how I missed this band, but I'm loving their stuff.
I've been downloading a lot of Thriving Ivory. They have that song "Angles on the moon" on the radio. But they have this song "Better than alone" -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZk5ZmY4YRU
there's one line I just love:
So lay me down with a ghost
Because anything's better than alone.
oh man Sin. I'm just going to start sneaking picks at your lists of music and copying :) I really love that last one - Contradiction. Excellent song! And the Take Me Home song too. Woo hoo - new music!
I've never heard of a bunch of this stuff but I just checked out Thriving Ivory and I have to have that stuff. Shit, this is going to cost me. LOL!
Hal - I'm with you on the lyrics thing. I think that's why I gravitate toward country music. It's simple and yet says so much but in plain words that everyone says and thinks and understands.
I've been playing, "Closer" by Kings of Leon non-stop. It's really great. And really dark.
Another song I got recently, "Weight of the World" by This Fires Embrace
I've not heard of Thriving Ivory, but I listen to a lot of Thrice. "Under the Killing Moon" is one of my favs.
Wow, that song gave me goosebumps.
Sin, isn't it great?
I'm loving Kings of Leon. You mentioned them last week, and I didn't think I'd heard them. Then three different times that day, I was listening to internet radio and thought "wow I love this song, who sings this?" And every time it was Kings of Leon :)
Ter - I'm loving Thriving Ivory. I seriously bought every song of theirs I could find and stuck it all on repeat for like a week :) It's dark and angsty, without being hard rock, so for me, it's the perfect music to write to.
Not to mention Evans Blue (their first CD with Kevin Matisyn). Eclipsed is quite possible my most favorite song. I have some of this song as a ringtone (The part that starts, "Wait for me". Some times I just let my phone ring to hear it and then have to call someone back because I forget I have to answer it. LOL
"I love your analogies.
We're both crazy in our own little ways
We talk about the future and our past lives.
I know I loved you then.
I know I'd love you now.
I know I'll love you then.
I know I love you now.
When our lights meet, will you know me then?
And will you want to know it?
It feels like I've known you for so long.
When our lights meet, will you love me then?
And will you ever know it?
It seems like you've known me for so long.
But you can't have everything you want when you want it. I will be everything you want, when you want it.
Wait for me. Trust for me.
Fall for me. Even when you don't know you're falling for me.
Will you fall for it? If it should, it'll come around again.
But don't wait for me. And don't trust in me. Don't fall me.
Even when you know you're falling for me.
When our lights meet, will you know me then
And will you want to know it?
It feels like I've known you for so long.
When our lights meet, will you love me then
and will you ever know it?
It seems like you've known me for so long.
I'm not a big fan of Kings of Leon. I'm like a fairweather fan of theirs. But "Closer" something just stuck with me. Now it's on repeat when I get ready in the morning.
I'm really liking the Evans Blue song. Another one to go on my ituens list.
Nice Blog Sin.
I liked your song lyrics and those in the posts, but the emotion behind the words must really be captured in the singer's voice.
I liked your story snippet as well. I think I must like all of you...when your good that is!
I suspect that Ladies have a big advantage when writing emotional scenes. You need to have experienced and understood the emotion in order to capture it in words. With guys those emotions are often buried deep. Its a consequence of the 'stiff upper lip' upbringing where tears and showing emotions are considered sissy, so they get suppressed.
The emotions are always there of course, but men are less aware of them I think. They certainly can affect behaviour, but in ways that don't necessarily reflect the particular emotion in any obvious way.
I'm getting into deep water here so will head back to paddling depth *grin*
I have been reading Toni Blake's 'Reckless summer' and was impressed by the scene where Mick comes to Jenny after burying his brother. He is filthy and soaked with distress showing in his eyes and face. Jenny lovingly takes him to the shower and tries to wash all the pain fear and loneliness away. Blake captures the deepest emotions that surround the death of a loved one in a very skillful way which fits neatly into the love story context.
I really like her style!
Ohh. That sounds like an awesome scene Q. I'm going to have track down that book.
Wow, go to bed and wake up ta a massive lyric discussion! I be totally lost...but it's ok, that's not new ta me.
In actuality, I seldom hear the words in total. I get the snippets. But will choke me up, bring tears from nowhere is often a certain chord progression. I spoke wit' me voice instructor about it once. There be a place in "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn (http://www.mtv.com/videos/marc-cohn/58690/walking-in-memphis.jhtml) that I will choke up on everytime... He does it to me wit' several songs. It ain't the lyrics, it's the sweep a' the music?
I get it wit' October Project, Grey Eye Glances...Mark Knofler... There are just some artists that write music that will sweep me away. I hear the words, but they ain't what does it ta me...
Oh, Kings of Leon! I love them. Their song "Notion" is on my current playlist. And I thin their song "Sex on Fire" is awesome, though not appropriate for my WIP, I don't think.
I'm obsessed with Death Cab for Cutie, their "Grapevine Fires" song and "Cath" which is a year or so out but I love it. And "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" which is just depressing but I think it's a good sone. Silversun Pickups "Panic Switch" is just a great song too, I think.
Oh, and Anberlin's "Feel Good Drag" and Muse's "Hysteria." They have kinda that hard core feel that I think my current WIP has, but their themes don't really fit either.
Chance - We are total opposites. I'm all about the lyrics, always have been. Which is why it's odd when I get on my instrumental kicks. Good instrumental stuff from soundtracks is awesome. It's so fun to listen to something like the soundtrack to The Holiday when out in public because in your head every scene becomes something from a movie.
Marn - I cannot rectify these songs with my sweet Marnee. What has happened to you? I'm blaming Hal.
LOL!
I have to look all of these up tonight.
Q, how are you my wicked English devil?
I don't know if women have the upper hand of emotion. I know guys like to think that the kind of emotion they express is different from women emotions; but even women can be emotionally repressed. Although, I would suppose, that if a guy got overly emotionally with me, I'd push him out the door faster than you can say, "see ya". I think it's all about how we grow up dealing with emotions. Yeah, it's more attractive for a guy to not be a snivelling fool, but most women want someone who is at least in touch with a deeper feeling than pizza and beer make the perfect night.
Toni Blake is awesome at emotion. And she writes very vivid visual description.
Marn- "Blackout" is my one and only favorite song from Muse. Otherwise, they are too weird for me.
Did you hear that, Hal? You're a bad influence on me. LOL!
Ter, remind me to give you a full disclaimer before you read my new WIP. I fear the trauma when you rectifiy that with me. :)
MM, I'm a little of both. I love the beat of music (which is why I still listen to some hip-hop and pop) I tend to get caught up in the background piano music when I'm listening to Evanescence. Or early Jewel. I think for me the song has to be all around something I enjoy; just not the lyrics or the music.
I love lyrics...but I find it's the music that carries it for me. Even when the lyrics are great. And sometimes, when the lyrics don't catch me, the music will. "Walking in Memphis" is like that. I'm not an Elvis fan, but I can totally get off on the energy that Marc is creating with his voice and the music he wrote to carry the whole thing.
With the first Evansence I bought, I couldn't hear the words, but I knew the energy was wonderful.
I love soundtracks, but they seldom will evoke a total choke-with-emotion moment like parts of Marc will. There is something about the sweep of a good bit of music...
"Christmas Eve Sarajevo" will reduce me to tears. "Sailing from Philadelphia" does the same thing...two totally different bits of music. But sometimes, it's just the beat, the chords...the energy!
I like that one too. I really like the intro to "hysteria." That's my favorite part, I think.
:)
Oh, you know another one that just made my playlist this past week? Augustana's "Sweet and Low" That reminds me of my theme too.
Marn likes something that is too weird for Sin? Did the world just tilt a little to the right?
Marn, I've not heard of them. I must look them up when I get back to the office.
MM, you must find some Apocalyptica. It is heavy metal cello music. I adore them.
Ter, I think they're weird too, but I think their music is interesting. Some of it's a little strange for me too. But their recent songs I think are cool. You heard of Muse?
Hm, you'd have to listen to Muse Ter, then you'd know why I don't like them. They are more radio alternative, than alternative that I like to listen to. They are like Ludo and Soda Ash. I don't like either of those bands either.
Heavy metal cello music? I must find this band... Cellos reverberate with me soul...
I haven't heard of most of these bands. I'm afraid I'm out of the cool loop. *sigh* I have heard of Augustana. They kind of had a radio hit then disappeared.
Sin - Augustana might not be for you if you're not digging the radio alt bands. I kinda like them right now though. :) But I like that song a lot.
I'm listening to Sweet & Low on YouTube. I like this. Boston was the one I knew by them. I love their sound. My guess is this is too soft for Sin.
Sweet & Low. It does seem a little soft for our dear Sin. What can I expect from a song named after an artificial sweetener?
Hm, I've not listened to it yet. Ever since I mentioned Evans Blue, I've been listening to them like crazy.
MM, yes, heavy metal cello music. I love Apocalyptica. They are out of Finland.
Because I'm artificially sweet? *eyebrow raise*
I just didn't suspect a secret ninja with poison dart eyelashes worried about things like extra calories in her iced tea.
This is true because the only true way to drink tea is sun tea with sugar. And it is just called, "Tea".
Oh man, I leave to go shopping and I missed being a bad influence!! I've never been a bad influence before. This is exciting!
And yeah Marn, I could see how the more hard-core tones are good for the current WIP.
*rolling my eyes* She's not supposed to be excited about being a bad influence, is she? What's with this crew?
We're depraved, that's the reason we love to be bad influences. LOL
The parents of my best friend in HS declared me a bad influence. I've always been proud of that. :)
I once was called brazen. *biting lip* I have to admit, no wonder parents never let their kids out with me.
I'm looking up all these bands and if someone would have told me Muse does that really cool song from Twilight, I would have known them.
Sin - You left off hussy. Brazen hussy.
Digital Summer is an awesome band too.
I'm a brazen hussy who is undateable. You have to throw that in there too. Except, I have no need to date now. LOL
Great blog!
I am an emotional writer. I love to turn up the angst and twist the knife as hard as I possibly can. I use a lot of empathy from life situations and channel past expierences. I get a lot of inspiration from movies and books. My job can be pretty dramatic as well. *g*
My favorite thing is observing male reactions to drama and unexpected situations. As you all know,I'm stoked about writing from a male POV.
Sin,
I loved the pizza and beer reference. *snort* Ranger would be so proud.
I'm stoked when you write the male POV as well. You do it really well considering you don't have a dick.
And I knew, you of all people, would catch my reference. I hope Ranger would be proud. I thought it was pretty clever. LOL
You're out of the cool loop, Ter!!!? I'm so lost at this point I'll need several guides and a GPS to find my way. Although, I do definitely agree that music and lyrics help with the emotions needed to write.
I'm always listening to the lyrics. For as far back as I could remember songs have always been like little movies to me - I would listen to the lyrics, cast the parts and play out the scenes in my head. What I listen to just varies tremendously from what you guys listen to, but I believe it affects me the same way.
LOL - I just had a thought that since I became a mom I listen for different things than I used to before I had kids. It's really quite hilarious to ride in the car with the whole family - The DH and son like heavy metal and hard rock, the daughter and myself like contemporary or soft rock. When Taylor Swift comes on they groan, when AC/DC or Van Halen come on we groan. It's quite fun trying to find a middle ground.
I know...I shoulda had a penis. *g*
But, as always, I still feel the same way, if you had a penis I would marry you.
Funnest thing I created in me fantasy universe? A phaliseti...for women to use when they wanted to play the Mighty Mast...
*snicker
I'd marry you too Lis. We'd make a wonderful married couple *snicker*
LOL. I knew if I mentioned penis, things were going to be said. But this?LMFAO
Irish, I will get you back in the loop girlfriend!
We would rock together.
They would write many love/hate songs about our relationship, Lis. LOL
I can't believe I forgot to mention Under the Flood- which is quite possible the best find of the century.
Girl on girl action with a strap on with a funny name. You don't see that on the ship every day.
Ah, but the phalisetti be a sentient bein'...likens ta please all sides a' the equation.
Strap on? Terrio! Give me more credit than that!
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