What kinds of music do you listen to while writing wind songs in the pine? (BIG fan of that btw love your work)
And follow up to that is there specific songs that help set up scenes or is it just your fabulous dialogue and characterization?
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I have a general Zutara playlist that I listen to when working on Wind-Songs. It’s also the playlist I’ve had on repeat while working on things for Zutara Month! It can be found here. Occasionally, I try to add songs to it when I hear one that reminds me of Zutara.
I also listen to a lot of classical music when I work on Wind-Songs because it’s a genre that aligns more with the setting of the story. I gravitate towards cello or violin music. Sometimes I listen to piano as well.
Though I do listen to music while I work on it, Wind-Songs is a different project compared to my other Zutara pieces. It relies heavily on inspiration from the Anne of Green Gables novels as those are what inspired me to begin writing that AU. Because of this, I always have the novels close at hand for narrative inspiration, as well as the first two Sullivan adaptations for visual inspiration. I try to work bits of ATLA canon into the story as well. So in chapter five, when Katara falls off the roof at Mai’s party, you get a little snippet of dialogue between her and Zuko that’s similar to the first scene in “The Southern Raiders” (we all know the scene 😉).
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