I'm using The Red Lord for my first attempt. Following this structure, the playlist should tell the entire story.
(Implementing a rule from the other challenge: No repeat artists! Though repeating featured artists are fair game!) Though its a Dark Romantasy, I'm finding a lot of pop/R&B songs fit the general vibes of my characters in love... though it does give the since that the story is lighter than it really is. What did you find out duringt his process?
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 Spider-Punk (2022) #1. Published: April 06, 2022. Writer: Cody Ziglar. Cover Artist: Olivier Coipel. Marvel.com  via Facebook Since the release of Across the Spider Verse, my Facebook Newsfeed has been flooded with the various Spiders. Most notably, Spider-Punk. Now, don't crucify me here, but as of writing this post, I have yet to see the movie! I have, however, seen and listened to the Spotify playlist that the writer of Spider-Punk (Cody Ziglar) made for the character.
The playlist is….. FIRE! Not because of the songs, but because it introduces me to this character before actually “meeting” the character on screen. Creating character playlists is not a new concept. I distinctly remember my elementary and middle school years when the first Twilight book came out in 2005. Stephanie Meyer was still unknown to much of the world and the saga had not taken off yet. I was going into the seventh grade when I happened upon it. I remember going to her website (back then, it was an angsty black background with neon green accents) and coming across her playlist for Twilight. I listened to it again and again. There were some bands I recognized, like Relient K and My Chemical Romance, but others my angsty middle-school self gravitated towards. It was through Stephanie Meyer that I fell in love with the band, Muse (Hyper Music). Though her original page no longer exists, the awesome folks on Fandom created a wiki page of the songs here. Fun little reflection: Breaking Dawn came out the summer I qualified for the Junior Olympics in Track & Field. Unfortunately, I did terribly in all of my events (my first time running in a stadium, I was so nervous!), and to cheer me up, my mom bought me Breaking Dawn! Character and manuscript playlists are growing in popularity. In my querying journey, I came across an agent that asked for a link to a character playlist or manuscript soundtrack. It was optional, but still an interesting request. I’ve always written to music, and yes, a song or two has come on at the right moment that emphasized the scene or character. But I never gave thought to putting together an actual, narrative playlist. Author, Elijah Menchaca (Glintchasers series) challenged himself to create a character playlist. He writes, “Making playlists for your characters is, at worst, a really fun way to procrastinate actually writing, or whatever else you’re actually supposed to be doing right now. But, at its best, it’s a fun way to explore characters in a way you probably wouldn’t be able to with your standard character profile.” His playlist challenge: make a playlist with a minimum of 8 songs. No repeating artists, and no more than one song per character aspect/event/relationship. To help with the process, he provides these prompts:
Check out the full article here See what playlist I came up with in Bonus Content! And post yours in the comments below :D |
