Comments | mellymell: Music as the muse.

mellymell

Music as the muse.

Feb 02, 2010 14:02

( Wherein I attempt to justify the emo poppy crap I've been listening to lately. )

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padawansguide February 2 2010, 20:49:44 UTC

It's funny, because writing Beatles fanfic, I find myself trying to make it as real as possible, so I'm doing all this research, when most fans aren't going to care. But I feel like there'll be one who says "Oh, that song wasn't out yet" or "it was this person that did x & y", or whatever. So I'm trying to be accurate as I can with minor details. :-)

I don't really have a soundtrack though - other than, well, The Beatles. ;-)

mellymell February 2 2010, 21:46:07 UTC

There's a lot of that I'm going to be getting into. There was a point very early on when I was researching things that would have made Aedan and Madeleine migrate from France to America during the time I wanted them to come over. I researched The Edict of Fontainebleau, which could put them coming over along with the Huguenots (not that I'm trying to make them protestants, they just hitched a ride, really). That also put them over here before the Salem trials (though I decided to make her death unassociated with them). But, I will create a fictitious village for them to settle near since Aedan will completely wipe it off the map in his vengeful rage ( ... )

branflake February 2 2010, 22:09:29 UTC

So, you are writing a historical fiction of sorts. The kind where people go, "Wait, did that really happen?" I had to write a paper on this kind of writing style in 8th grade. It's very intersting and seems very difficult!

mellymell February 2 2010, 22:57:23 UTC

Well, some of the back story could be considered historical fiction. But I don't plan to get too much into that back story in the first three books because there's enough going on that a) it doesn't need it and b) it would slow the plot down. I mean, the dude is 1500 years old. He's covered a LOT of history.

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belluthien February 3 2010, 03:43:36 UTC

Thanks for sharing that!
Fascinating stuff. :) Elements in your story remind me of The Crow. I guess that may be no surprise. I loved that story...

As for checking for accuracy... That's going to be a good part of my editing process, and it will include all kinds of accuracy. (I hope I don't miss too many things.)

And Wow! 1500 years for Aedan ;) How old was Madeleine?
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mellymell February 3 2010, 15:05:01 UTC

I never noticed it, but you're right. There are some Crow elements in there. And I do love that story as well. Aedan learns his lesson the hard way and kind of becomes savage for a while. He disapproves when Nadine goes on her rampage and tries to turn her from it but she kind of has to learn it for herself. There's a lot of "hold on to your humanity" stuff and the typical alienation themes in vamp fiction. I mean, there has to be something to make immortality unappealing, right ( ... )

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mellymell February 3 2010, 15:08:23 UTC

I thought I'd want to write in silence, but there's certain music that makes it hard to do anything but write for me. It's fast becoming essential if I want things to really roll along. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who puts things on repeat if I find it really fits something I'm working on. ;)