{"id":2347,"date":"2016-12-16T11:41:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matthewcoxbooks.com\/wordpress\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2016-12-16T11:41:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:41:17","slug":"writing-inspiration-from-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matthewcoxbooks.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/16\/writing-inspiration-from-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing | Inspiration from Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sometimes I\u2019m asked where my inspiration comes from for my writing. Most of the time, it feels like ideas fly out of the blue. I\u2019ll get a one or two-sentence long concept, jot it down, and then build it up into a more elaborate story. Every so often, I’ll be in the midst of writing a plot outline or perhaps even in the draft itself when I’ll get a song stuck in my head. A handful of times, a particular song has resulted in changes to the story, additions to a story, or wound up fitting the mood so well I developed a mental association between the writing and the music.<\/p>\n

It’s been awhile since I posted something, and who am I to deny a sudden inspiration to ramble a bit. Here are some cases where a song has had an effect on my writing, inspired it, or developed a close association to it:<\/p>\n

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One More Run (Book 1 of The Roadhouse Chronicles)<\/p>\n

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While I was coming up with the opening scene of this novel, a wasteland-weary driver behind the wheel of an electric Dodge Challenger flying down a desert road, the bass line from this song came out of nowhere and got stuck in my head. Add to that, a car-to-motorcycle gunfight, and the song just fit too perfectly to ignore. I wound up titling the chapter “Nice Shot Man” since the song had been playing on loop in my head while writing it. The tempo of the music and even the lyrics fit the scene so well, if I get struck by lightning and this ever becomes a film, I\u2019m going to lobby for it to be the opening track.<\/p>\n

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