Mar 20 2008

Random Thought: Writing Lyrics

Published by auria cortes at 5:14 pm under Random Thoughts About My Writing

This morning I dedicated a few hours to writing lyrics. On loop was Jeff Buckley’s version of Hallelujah. I found inspiration in the simplicity of the words. I knocked out a draft for two songs. Tonight I’ll fool around with the melody.  

What I find interesting is that it takes me the same amount of time – sometimes more - to write one song as it does a whole chapter for my novel.

Art. There are no shortcuts.  

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One Response to “Random Thought: Writing Lyrics”

  1. […] I write lyrics or a melody, I do so with a character in mind. Some of the lyrics will make it into the final book […]

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