This week’s chapter is one of the most difficult for me balance. There are a lot of story elements converging at this point, and pulling all of these threads together without getting them hopelessly tangled has been one of the trickier considerations as I approach the end of the novel.
This song, while not an exact match lyrically, captures much of the sentiment and spirit of this chapter and the struggles of the characters. As anyone following along has probably figured out by now, music is not only an inspiration for me creatively, but it is one of the ways I anchor myself in a mood or mindset when beginning to write a scene or going into a revision. Knowing beforehand how I want a scene or character to feel or what I hope it will express and then getting into that frame with an artwork, music, activity, the outdoors, etc. can all help attune the writing to the right pitch. Hopefully.