Free Fallin' started as a concept story midway through my freshman year of high school, because I wanted to combine my two passions: writing and music. I started writing out song titles that would make good chapter names, before I even knew what the chapters were about and where they would be placed. Then I narrowed the list down to what it is now, put the chapters in order (that was difficult, not knowing what each title meant for the chapters yet) and made an outline. The first five chapters were written in about two weeks, and after I got to 15, I posted it on FictionPress.com. Free Fallin' has been one of my biggest projects, with 35 planned chapters and more than a year's worth of writing in it.
Current status: Chapter 33, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," is in process of being written.
To give credit to the artists whose songs and song titles inspired Free Fallin', here's a list of bands and artists who wrote or sang the songs that gave me the chapter names:
Matchbox Twenty Last Beautiful Girl, Girl Like That, Long Day, You Won't Be Mine, 3AM, Mad Season, Rest Stop, Bed of Lies, Push, Real World
Meatloaf Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, All Revved Up with No Place to Go, For Crying Out Loud
The Pimps The Agony of Defeat
Paul Simon You Can Call Me Al, Have a Good Time, St. Judy's Comet, Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard, Somethin' So Right, Train in the Distance
Nelly Furtado Powerless
Sheryl Crow Home
Simon & Garfunkel I Am A Rock, The Sound of Silence, The Dangling Conversation
Billy Joel The Night is Still Young
Blessed Union of Souls Light in Your Eyes
The Subdudes Miss Love, Why Can't I Forget About You
Rascal Flatts Fast Cars & Freedom, When the Sand Runs Out
Three Dog Night Never Been to Spain, Shambala
Queen Don't Stop Me Now, Crazy Little Thing Called Love
The Doobie Brothers Tell Me What You Want (I'll Give You What You Need)
