the_poison125

Well i WANT to write lyrics but i dont realy know what to do...

Just some general advice would be awesome. Suggestions for things to write about. Anything really that will help me out with this.

I know abouyt editing and stuff and always to edit your work a few days after you finish it but its kinds hard to edit nothing. Seriously when it comes to writing (anything) i just cant start. i just stare at my piece of paper for 30 mins...

So any help?

blackthorn

Just write what you feel and it should turn out alright. Whatever you feel the song is about, fit lyrics to the song accordingly.

Or, you could just write the lyrics, THEN the song. Sometimes that helps out the process.

Hope my advice helps!!

T.W. North

Read your favourite artists lyrics and listen to them at the same time, analysing the techniques they use. Believe me, it'll help. It won't come all at once, no where near, but it'll come. Another thing, don't sit down and plan to write. For lyrics, at least for me, that rarely works. Wait until you have a line or an idea you want to use, then manipulate it into a set of lyrics. Even if the line is 'the stars are bright'...just think outside the box and you'll get something.

cellochick7

I tend to write the lyrics, then do the music to it. It helps if you come up with a general theme for the song. (i.e. love, friendship, family)

RSBtenchar

Don't force yourself to write, just write when something comes into you head, and as North said, even if it's something basic, write it down and if you get an idea you can fiddle with. Transfigure it into something else via metaphores or what have you. Reading your favorite lyricist's/author's writing is a good idea as well.

You won't start writing awesome lyrics overnight, your style will develop over time and will mature. Just write what you feel like writing: how you feel, maybe describing a scene that could invoke different feelings in different people, or just write a story. If you feel like writing, write. If you have a theme, just write around it. Sorry for the bluntness of my reply, I'm pretty tired, but hopefully you'll get some more good advice from more people.

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spacecoyotepaul

Hi, You sound to me like you really need a place to start so try this exercise.
Take a song. Any song. It doesn't matter whether you know the song or even like it very much. In fact, if you don't know it very well this technique probably works better.

Now, take the first verse, first line. Read it and understand it. Now, re-write it. DO NOT copy it, that of course would be pointless, but you will be surprised by just how many different ways there are to say the same thing.
Then, when you are happy, move on to line two and line three etc. until you have completely re-written the song with your own words, but hopefully maintained the same meaning and message.

Your new lines do not have to be the same length as the original, but it is useful if you keep the rhyming lines the same.

This may seem like an odd way to work, but what it will teach you is how to put songs together. Beautiful, creative words are wonderful and will come, but if they are not built correctly all you will have is a bunch of beautifully creative works and not a song.
If you are disciplined with it, it will also get you provide you with a complete song, rather than getting a few good lines down and then not knowing where to go so you end up dropping it.
Best of luck.