On Writing : When Your Story Finds Its Own Soundtrack by Kat Spencer

Kat Spencer

When Your Story Finds Its Own Soundtrack

I’m both a novelist and a composer — but I don’t usually write my books to music.

Instead, I’ve found that songs I wrote years ago somehow ended up becoming the emotional soundtrack to my novels.

Not intentionally.

Almost like they were written for the story before I knew the story existed.

Has anything like that happened to you?

A poem that later fit a chapter perfectly?

A short story that became the spine of a novel?

I’m curious whether creative work sometimes “knows” more than we do.

Maurice Vaughan

Hi, Kat Spencer. I'm not sure if that's happened to me, but sometimes I write to songs, soundtracks, and instrumentals. I also make up lyrics to use in my scripts sometimes.

Kat Spencer

I love writing lyrics Maurice Vaughan! It's fun when they can be a little vague and yet say everything you need to say.

Marie Hatten

That's truly magical and fated Kat Spencer , a sure sign you are on the right path.

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