This week in the Cold, we talk about how externals - a new environment, the music we listen to - influence the story-making process. In my own experience, moving to a rural part of the country, after having been a city-dweller all my life, and discovering country music, has had a deep and profound impact in how I tell a story and create a character.
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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://victoriadougherty.wordpress.com/2016/11/11/how-country-music-made-me-a-better-writer/