Overcoming Writer’s Block in Songwriting
Have you ever looked at a blank sheet of paper and couldn’t think of a single lyric idea? Try these tips for overcoming writer’s block in songwriting. Estimated reading time 4 minutes.
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The Difference Between Poetry and Lyrics
Do not mistake lyrics for poetry. They seem to be the same, because they have many features in common. They both use language and have rhythm and rhyme schemes. In addition, they both focus on creating images, using poetical devices, and they often both tell stories. However, poetry stands by itself as an independent art form, while the words in a song don’t.
In other words, the words in songs work hand in hand with the music to make an artistic statement. For this reason, the song text can’t be as dense as poetry text. To be precise, the lyrics need to have a far fewer number of words than a poem, because you need to leave space for the music.
This does not mean that the skills for poetry do not overlap with writing song text. They do. If you’ve been writing poetry, you have a good jumping off place for getting into songwriting.
The Craft of Songwriting Blog
The Craft of Songwriting Blog focuses on writing quality songs. Songwriting is a skill that can be learned. Half of the job of songwriting revolves around crafting the lyrics. Sometimes one writer writes the music and words. However, songwriting teams, where one writer writes the music and the other writer writes the words, have a time-honored place in songwriting history.
Whether you specialize in music, words, or both, you’ll find The Craft of Songwriting Blog packed with useful information.
Songwriting Posts on Lyric Writing:
- Overcoming Writer’s Block in Songwriting
- Songwriting – Let Her Scream
- The Plot Thickens: Focusing Your Songwriting Story Ideas
- How to Extract a Melody from Your Lyrics
- Rhyme and Reason in Songwriting
- Understanding Prosody in Your Songwriting
- The Music of Words in Your Songwriting
- Memory and Songwriting
- How to Jumpstart the Creativity in Your Songwriting
- Brainstorming Your Song Titles
- How to Use Archetypes in Songwriting
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– Geoffrey Keith
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