Editing “The Girl with One Eye” has been a rather cathartic experience, because for the first time I didn’t stare at the piece and rely on intuition alone to solve its inherent problems but look into it as a composite of elements, clank my wrench against them and decide what needs fixing. I’ll have to talk about what being a grown-up writer is all about in a future post, but for now I’ll stick to the lessons my soundtrack taught me about writing.

Back at the story at hand. I edited “The Girl with One Eye” with one song on a constant loop and that is Bastille and Gabrielle Aplin’s rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s classic “Dreams”. The song feeds off on the original’s sound, but also manages to incorporate current musical styles through a blend of gentle synths. Combined with soulful vocal performances, the end result haunts the ear and begs for replay abuse.

Here’s the original for kicks: Continue reading »