Hey guys, do you remember that thing I said about gathering puzzle pieces and putting the puzzle again? Well, I honestly thought the rest of the songwriting process would just be taking the writing I generated and arranging it into a song. Turns out things just aren't that simple. The writing I generated is great and helped me create a lot of ideas and set the theme, but I'm finding myself with more writer's block now than I ever had when starting this process. It's getting hard to be optimistic all the time, but that might just be a byproduct of the dark imagery of the piece. Oh well, I'm still putting the song together one piece at a time, it's just a moving along a little slower than I first thought.
I picked up some new books from the Library today. Hopefully they can give me some inspiration and help me with my writing. I'm going to start with Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continents, a cool little book that details the kind of folk music that I'm interested in, as well as the general structure of different varieties of folk music. Maybe I'll make some connections to some of the folk music I've been listening.
Well, folks, I don't know about you, but I'm just gonna keep on folkin'.
Hi, writers block is the worst! I have found when I am stuck I like to try working on a different part of the writing. Perhaps try working on a different lyric or even start in the middle of a line. Right now it sounds like you are trying to write lyrics so maybe try reading some lyrics of songs you have not heard to get inspiration. That way the focus is just on the words and not overshadowed by the melody or instruments. Good luck!
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