[ SECRET POST #3307 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3307 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think there's anything wrong with linking your viewers to a song which you feel resonates with the fic. Also, that's not really what songfic is...or at least I don't think that's what songfic is.

Maybe I'm just operating from an outdated definition of songfic, but to me, songfic involves one or both of the following:

1. The author has worked actual lines of the song into their fic. (They have done this in a way they believe to be clever and innocuous, but in all likelihood, it's actually really obvious and trite, and it breaks the fourth wall and takes the reader out of the story.)

2. The author interrupts their narrative in order to drop song lyrics into it in places they feel are particularly applicable. Said lyrics are usually italicized, and the author seems to feel that by doing this, they can make the reader experience the fic as though it were a film with a soundtrack playing over it. (They cannot.)

[(Anonymous)]

You don't think the second technique is useful for putting readers into the scene? Does it distract from the action?

[(Anonymous)]

No and Yes. If I come across lyrics inserted into a fic it's an immediate back-button because I totally lose the momentum and it absolutely detracts from the action. Unless they're serving some very specific, plot-related purpose, there's no reason you can't just mention a song in the authors notes, saying 'FYI this song goes really well with this scene, or this song inspired me, or I think this song pairs really well with this fic'.

[(Anonymous)]

This is what I do, and it seems to work okay for readers in general (and a few of them have actually given the songs mentioned a listen, too, which is nice).

I generally think the best way to go in regards to putting lyrics in stories is to quote the most relevant line or verse from the song at the beginning or end of the story. Gives you an idea of the mood of the story, the basic theme of it, and then you can get right into the story and not be constantly interrupted with lyrics throughout.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Not if it's done the way I'm thinking of it. I'm not talking about a few italicized lyrics at the beginning or end of a fic, or fic chapter. I actually like when fics do that, especially when they use poetry instead of song lyrics, but songs work too.

I mean when the fic writer inserts the lyrics right into the story, between one paragraph and the next, for seemingly no reason except that they seem to think it complements their fic and makes it more profound or something.

In all fairness, I hardly ever see this kind of songfic anymore, and when I do it's usually on a fic archive that's dominated by a much younger demographic of fic writers.