“The Art Of The Muse: A songwriter’s guide to inspiration” is a decent article on songwriting. It boils down to:
- Write from your heart not your head.
- Listen to your inner voice.
- Keep the tools of the trade at hand: A notebook for lyrics, a guitar, and a little recorder.
- Turn off your critic and open your soul.
- Don’t write a song. Just write anything!
Good advice for writing anything personal, not just songs. Now if I could only follow it…