Divisions and Precisions

Music

The right music is everything when I'm writing. I've been listening to non-stop showtunes all weekend, mostly Godspell and Cats (the latter only in my head--I need to dig out my cast album). And I've been relatively mellow and caffeine-free. So this morning came and it was time for me to write a combat/confrontation sort of scene. Hippie-Jesus musicals weren't going to help.

So I pulled out the big guns. Giant amounts of caffeine, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, with a little bit of heavy Mozart thrown in for good measure ("Dies irae" from the Requiem just came on), because I can't make a playlist without some classical.

I'm happy to report my characters have been kicking ass for a good half an hour or so now.

(Edited to add: Okay, I'll 'fess up, there's one showtune on my 'angry music' playlist: "Cell Block Tango" from the Chicago soundtrack. It's not exactly angry, but it is violent at least. ;))