Every songwriter hits a wall sometimes. You sit down with the guitar, open a blank session, or stare at a page of half-finished lines and nothing moves. Sometimes there’s no idea at all. Other times you’ve got plenty of ideas…
The novelist Hilary Mantel (twice winner of the Booker Prize and one of the most disciplined writers of her generation) once offered this advice to writers who hit a wall: “If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take…
It starts the same way for all of us: the blank page. A vast, empty space staring back, daring you to make the first move. Maybe it’s a fresh notebook you bought with high hopes, or a pristine screen in…
If you know where to look there’s literally tons of great songwriting tips, songwriting articles and general songwriting advice online. One such example of this comes in the form of an article I found recently titled 30 Songwriting Tips To Overcome…
What do you do when you hit a wall when you’re writing a song? Here are tips from experienced songwriters to help you overcome writer’s block. The article from Disc Makers Blog, titled “11 Songwriting Tips to Overcome Writer’s Block,”…
If you are stuck on music production or experiencing songwriter’s block, one way of breaking through can be to work backwards by starting from a theme and crafting a song from the outside in. Here are some insights into popular…
As writers, we suffer from a split personality. On one side is the Creator who wants to splash wild ideas all over the page and falls in love with every sentence, and on the other side is the Editor who…
For us (song) writers, few things are more frustrating than to finally sit down at our desks after taking care of real life chores only to be struck dumb by the blank page or the white screen. We songwriters can…
I started jotting down aspects of Roald Dahl’s writing process. It proved to be truly inspirational, and I discovered a few elements of his process that are as important for digital writers and publishers today as they were for him…