The Vital Role of Music in Storytelling
Cold19 Heinä 2021

The Vital Role of Music in Storytelling

I've always used music to juice myself creatively. I can't imagine writing a work of fiction without using music as an inspiration, and even go so far as to actually build soundtracks for every story in my catalogue. That's why on this week's Cold, we're talking music and its often crucial, magical connection to the construction of a story. I use a variety of music genres to inspire my work, and the genre of music depends on the nature of the story I'm writing, but I defininetly play favorites when it comes to pairing songs and music styles with fictional universes. In this episode I focus specifically about how and why I use the Blues to animate my Cold War Historical Fiction, as well as almost any scene, regardless of the genre, that has an element of grit and heartache.

For those interested in my Cold War fiction, links to Books 1 and 2 of The Cold War Chronicles follow.

The Bone Church: https://books2read.com/u/4A5wEK

The Hungarian: https://books2read.com/u/m2loOR

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://victoriadougherty.wordpress.com/2018/11/09/even-cowgirls-like-me-get-the-blues/

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