Welcome to the (definitely not first iteration) of
"Stories Inspired BySongs."
"Stories Inspired BySongs."
In an effort to get this site rolling again (as well as find a new mode of entertainment for myself) I decided to recall to life a little known initiative that belonged to one of my fellow staffers. And sort of join this with another community project that has since fallen on hard times known as the Songfic contest for those of you old enough to remember. You can tell from the title how this thread will work.
Basically every two weeks, a song will be posted and writers will have the opportunity to write about it, or use the song as inspiration for their story. Music comes from muse for a reason. Or maybe it doesn't. I don't know. On some weeks I may let someone else pick the song, or (as the lovable DJ that I am) take requests from users who wish to remain anonymous and lurk and judge with their snooty laughs from afar.
Personally, I think we could work out a system where I'm not the only one contributing music, because everyone has wide ranging musical tastes. You never know what you could be inspired by.
Let's lay down some ground rules first so that everybody is on the same page.
1. All stories must be under 1000 words. There is no lower limit, but don't abuse this. I'm looking at you, troll.
2. The Music is just there to get creative juices flowing. You donāt have to name your story after the song or anything. For this reason we should try to pick lyric videos or static images so nothing is suggested through the magic of MTV. Itās about trying to capture the feeling of the music, whatever that means to you.
3. Itās totally ok to write an authorās note to explain why you wrote what you wrote. It would be great for people to explain their āprocessā.
4. Weāre going to be critiquing each otherās work. If you canāt handle constructive criticism then itās probably not the group for you. However, if fear is the only thing holding you back I suggest you give it a go. Submitting something you made to others gets easier, but you have to take the first step.
5. That being said criticism should be constructive, weāre here to encourage each other, not torpedo confidence.
6. If you submit, it would be nice for you to offer feedback to someone else who is taking part.
7. Lastly this will be a casual thing, it's just a group of people hanging out and shooting the shat. If we learn something from each other then thatās awesome.
The next two weeks' song is...
If that video doesn't work, here is the link to the lyric video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DJ3-BVMjOs
Have fun guys.
