The evolving sound of the WIP
I have ripped apart my proposal for the third time now — this will be my last time. I was allowing myself some leeway with time while the agent stuff was all squared away, but now that I’ve got the agent/author agreement and am sending it out and everything’s official, I need to give her some work. 😛
But the truth is, I couldn’t nail the hero (har har!) and my synopsis kept telling me the book was going to be far too long but I think I’ve got him and the plot down now. Part of the problem was also trying to figure out exactly how this will fit in the overall story arc — I think I’ve got that too, again without hitting 150K words (heh, so I say now). Anyway, that’s why the posts are few and far between right now, and short. I’m going to have this out over the weekend if it kills me.
Anyway, I can always tell how the feel for my WIP changes as the soundtrack in my car changes. Originally, it had much more of a country feel. It wasn’t working. It’s still not complete — I’ll be adding more and more as I go along (and adding in some of the songs that seem to be carrying throughout, like Bittersweet Symphony and The Man Who Sold the World). Maria Callas is going in there. The Rolling Stones.
DEMON NIGHT (strikethrough is obvious, bolded is recently added)
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Sunny Came Home |
Shawn Colvin |
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Superman |
Crash Test Dummies |
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What Would Happen |
Meredith Brooks |
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Holding Out for a Hero |
Bonnie Tyler |
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Break Your Heart |
Barenaked Ladies |
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Fable (Message Version) |
Robert Miles |
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Cowboy Take Me Away |
Dixie Chicks |
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Stupid Girl |
Garbage |
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Desperado |
Eagles |
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The Boxer |
Simon & Garfunkel |
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Light Up My Room |
Barenaked Ladies |
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Always On My Mind |
Willie Nelson |
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The Ghost of Tom Joad |
Bruce Springsteen |
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Red Red Wine |
UB40 |
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Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? |
Paula Cole |
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Mad World (full version) |
donny darko sndtrk |
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And here are the final versions of the other two.
DEMON MOON
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London Calling |
The Clash |
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When I’m Sixty-Four |
The Beatles |
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Tymps (The Sick In The Head Song) |
Fiona Apple |
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Straight to Hell |
The Clash |
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Wicked Game |
Chris Isaak |
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Need You Tonight |
INXS |
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Should I Stay or Should I Go |
The Clash |
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Candy Says |
The Velvet Underground |
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The Man Who Sold the World [Live] |
Nirvana |
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This Is England |
The Clash |
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Cradle of Love |
Billy Idol |
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Paper Bag |
Fiona Apple |
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Yesterday |
The Beatles |
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Not About Love |
Fiona Apple |
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London’s Burning |
The Clash |
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Short Skirt, Long Jacket |
Cake |
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Wake Up |
Rage Against the Machine |
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Bittersweet Symphony |
The Verve |
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Pale Blue Eyes |
The Velvet Underground |
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First Taste |
Fiona Apple |
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White Wedding, Pt. 1 |
Billy Idol |
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Old Habits Die Hard |
Dave Stewart & Mick Jagger |
DEMON ANGEL
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Fable (Message Version) |
Robert Miles |
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Lithium |
Nirvana |
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Kashmir |
Led Zepplin |
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Glycerin |
Bush |
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December |
Collective Soul |
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Losing My Religion |
R.E.M. |
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Mr. Jones |
Counting Crows |
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Wrapped Around Your Finger |
The Police |
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The World I Know |
Collective Soul |
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Because the Night |
Natalie Merchant |
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The Man Who Sold the World [Live] |
Nirvana |
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Full Of Grace |
Sarah McLachlan |
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Lightning Crashes |
Live |
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With or Without You (Live) |
U2 |
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Sympathy for the Devil |
Guns N’ Roses |
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White Flag (Complete) |
Dido |
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All Apologies [Live] |
Nirvana |
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Push |
Matchbox Twenty |
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Criminal |
Fiona Apple |
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Still Haven’t Found (What I’m Looking For) |
U2 |
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Bittersweet Symphony |
The Verve |
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Devil Inside |
INXS |
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Enjoy the Silence |
Depeche Mode |
And just for the hell of it:
