Writer's Workshop General Chat Thread

[ectoBiologist]

i've been wondering... are there certain songs or theme songs for your fics that describe maybe a chapter or even the whole story? i keep finding a lot of songs that match my story xD. just wondering if anybody has a certain theme song for their chapters or stories because i have a few for mine.

[Kelleo]

Yeah, I've selected a few Fire Emblem songs to go with my FE fic (though I've yet to post this story here). There are four. FE9's version of the FE theme is the overall theme, "Eternal Bond"/"Ike's Theme" from FE10 is, obviously, Ike's theme, "Beautiful Princess Elincia" from FE9 is Elincia's theme, and "Stalwarts Unite" from FE10 is the theme for when a character joins Azura's party (Azura is the lord character).

I also composed my own song for Kelli's theme in my Zelda fic. I'm not much of a music writer though. I did it for the sake of creating something original for once in terms of music. Oh, I also picked a theme for another Zelda OC, Judo. It's one of the Twilight Princess trailer songs.

[ectoBiologist]

wow, that sounds interesting :o i'd like to compose a song for my story one day. xD. imo, lyrics for songs are like poems and i'm pretty good at poems which is why i can write songs sometimes.

but anyway, some theme songs for my story i guess?
main theme song
other theme song

:P

[LightningTopaz]

I have a HUGE soundtrack for Magic of a Melody--Zelda and Fairy Tail make prominent appearances

[Joshawott]

A friend challenged me to write an "Inu x Boku Secret Service" and "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" crossover about Geoffrey becoming Ririchiyo's SS instead of Miketsukami.

Should I?

[The Jingster]

I imagine this playing when Chaos had to tell his mother that he was leaving on his journey There are others which I can't think of though xD

[LightningTopaz]

A sampling of "Magic of a Melody's" soundtrack:

A Promise to Unleash the Colors (the theme of the heroes)
Out of the Ground, Raze All Greenery in Flame! (the battle theme, and one of the few times I cheat and allow electric guitars in the soundtrack)
All is Well, I'm Here Dawn's theme in the story, the angelic mood of the song seemed to fit a cleric perfectly
A Tale of Wonder Played whenever Brock is doing what he does best--spinning tales
Dreaming of Adventure Ash's theme in the story--because a hero needs a good adventurous theme, and Ash has always dreamed of going on a grand adventure as the story begins
The Mysterious Singer Played when we see Brock for the first time, this almost became his theme
Carried on Heartstrings Brock's old theme, it's now used when he's thinking about Marista
In a Time Long Ago Brock's theme, also used when he is performing

[AetherX]

I absolutely love music, and it plays a huge part in the writing of my stories. It's cool to listen to some of the tracks that inspire you guys. I've never composed my own song for a fic, though.

Pretty much all of the major events in Unpredictable are based off of songs, so I won't post all of them, but here are some basic character themes:

Keith's Theme - It's Not My Time
Tim's Theme (at first) - No Rain
Tim's Theme (by the end of the fic) - Dream On
Criss's Theme - Black Balloon
Nolan's Theme - Diamond Eyes

All of these songs make me think about the characters and their backstories. Also, this song is what is inspiring the current marathon of battle scenes I'm working on. I also draw a lot of inspiration from Audiomachine and Two Steps From Hell. Look them up if you want seriously epic songs.

[Kelleo]

Interesting! Hey Aetherx, do you like Fire Emblem? I'm just asking since Aether is a skill in the game. In fact, it's Ike's signature move and one of my favorite skills in the series.

Also, here are the tracks I used for my stories too:

FE fic:
- FE Theme
- "Eternal Bond"/"Ike's Theme"
- "Beautiful Princess Elincia"
- "Stalwarts Unite"
- "Victory is Near" (Sorry, I forgot to mention this one. It's from FE9 and plays when you've just about won a battle early in the game)

Zelda fic:
- TP trailer music
- "Kelli's Theme"

Oh, and now that I think about it, I also composed another tune for my Zelda fic, though it's a short one, only an ocarina song Link learns. I never recorded it though.

[CyberPika]

I think having music with the fic is a great idea!

[Joshawott]

In regards to music, sometimes I've wondered if, with the introduction of eBooks, would it be possible for books to have actual soundtracks like films do. Say, a certain track will play and loop while a page or certain number of pages are being viewed.

[Tophat Dragoneye]

Not really sure what kind of music is suitable for my fic, as it is still in the early stages. But, one piece of music pops up in my mind when in comes to a future character in my fic. I'm not revealing it, though, for the sake of surprise for the readers.

[The Jingster]

In regards to music, sometimes I've wondered if, with the introduction of eBooks, would it be possible for books to have actual soundtracks like films do. Say, a certain track will play and loop while a page or certain number of pages are being viewed.

That sounds like an awesome idea since it'd help with the mood of the story, but it'd have to come with a mute option since at moments hearing the same song loop over and over and over again could get a little tiring if you're examining a certain page randomly, that and it could end up giving away spoilers if not done properly.


Lately I've been getting the urge to read an adventure fic where the characters journey around searching for treasure or artifacts and have to fight/solve puzzles, any recommendations?

[Joshawott]

In regards to music, sometimes I've wondered if, with the introduction of eBooks, would it be possible for books to have actual soundtracks like films do. Say, a certain track will play and loop while a page or certain number of pages are being viewed.

That sounds like an awesome idea since it'd help with the mood of the story, but it'd have to come with a mute option since at moments hearing the same song loop over and over and over again could get a little tiring if you're examining a certain page randomly, that and it could end up giving away spoilers if not done properly.

I'd assume that there would be volume control options, to increase, decrease or mute entirely. Good point about spoilers though. Maybe if an internal camera could track the reader's eyes?

[Kelleo]

Lately I've been getting the urge to read an adventure fic where the characters journey around searching for treasure or artifacts and have to fight/solve puzzles, any recommendations?

Ooh, my FE story, The Secret Sword is kinda like that. Ike and his band of mercenaries find a message left to Ike by his dead father, Greil, that tells them of clues hidden for Ike that will lead him to the hidden location of Greil's personal blade, Ettard. They then travel around to find these clues as well as the sword, which is technically a treasure since it's valuable and one of a kind. They also find that bandits are after the sword as well. This story one of my short stories that occurs between FE9 and FE10. It takes inspiration from the National Treasure movies.

If you haven't played FE9, you might not understand it as well as you would if you played the game, though.