Today is the day to talk about characters and their playlists. But more importantly, do you as a writer make playlists for characters?
There are just some songs that I listen to sometimes and I just go "Oh that's totally ___'s song!" and mentally add that to their playlist. When I make playlists and I start playing them, it helps me write in the mindset of their character. This is a bit difficult when I'm writing a third person kind of novel, but most of the time I'm pretty okay with it! I love how certain music makes me feel a certain atmosphere and when I write about characters, I need music. Music is like a personality fingerprint. Even if someone listens to all kinds of music, it tells a lot about what they're personality is.
If I want to make a character badass (or at least they feel badass), then I usually have songs that have a high BPM or they tend to hype me up for a work out. If I want a character to come across as regal, I play certain classical music. I sometimes have music that people wouldn't think that character listening to. It all adds to their personality and it's so fun to discover songs and just automatically connect it to a character I've created.
Sometimes I don't even create a playlist. I just have an "anthem" for that character. A song they listen to all the time.
What about you? Do you have a certain playlist or song associated to your characters?
