The Exclusive 60 Days Playlist

Often writers are asked how big of a role music plays in the creative process. It’s a question I am asked frequently when I’m presenting to a high school English class or speaking with a reader. The answer is, at least for me, that music plays a critical role in the development of my stories and its characters, but not in the way you may imagine.

Do I listen to music while I write?

Hardly ever. It’s too distracting, which means I end up wasting precious writing time. Jazz and classical music aren’t too disrupting, but mostly I write in silence. So it might surprise you that without music my stories wouldn’t be told in the way they are presented.

Let me explain.

I am a very visual person. When I write, I’m not just seeing a string of words in my head. Sometimes I don’t see words at all. I see scenes, flashes of action, and they always have a soundtrack. Sometimes I’ll hear a song and immediately create a scene in my head and write it later. Other times, a song will sneak up on me and I use the emotion of the song to make a scene better.

Starting with Missing Girl, all of the books and short stories I’ve written, have a secret playlist. Today, I’d like to share my playlist with you for 60 Days. Some of these songs/artists I discovered just in the past few days. So, you can see, my characters from 60 Days are never that far from my mind.  I hope you’ll find a song that resonates with you and tells the stories of Lizzie, Emily, Yasiel, Manny, and Sophia in a powerful way.

60 Days Playlist

Prologue

Carry Me Home, The Sweeplings

Part One

High, Sir Sly

Twin Skeletons, Fall Out Boy

Fuel to Fire, Agnes Obel

The Morning After, Meg Myers

Shaky, Shaky, Daddy Yankee

Broken Bones, Kaleo

Jeopardy Theme*

Silence, Mike Posner

Part Two

Way Down We Go, Kaleo

Cold Little Heart, Michael Kiwanuka

River, Leon Bridge

Man In Charge (Tison Remix) – Brent Amaker and the Rodeo

Love & Hate, Michael Kiwanuka

 

*Not a joke. Read the book to find out how this fits in. 🙂

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