CREATIVE BLOCK

music is my passion, im a guitarist and a singer, but what i really want to do is write music. i try to write music every day. the only music ive written is music that sounds interesting or cool but nothing i write actually channels the emotional content i want to channel in my writing. i can imitate artists i like, but i feel like the process of writing music doesn't come naturally to me; especially with writing lyrics and melodies. all my friends have unique talents and passions and i feel like a failure.

>>77652 >nothing i write actually channels the emotional content i want to channel in my writing. >i can imitate artists i like, but i feel like the process of writing music doesn't come naturally to me I feel like this is part of your problem. You're not going to get emotional content you gel with copying others. What I would recommend is being as blatant and direct with how you feel as possible. Ignore how other writers would do it, at least at first. Then go back and edit for subtleties and to add prose or author's voice.

>>77655 ill try this. is there any way you would specifically recommend writing from the heart?

>>77656 That's a very tough question to answer because "from the heart" varies from person to person. I guess what generally works for me is taking the emotion I'm feeling, explicitly stating it, then extrapolating it with more style and substance afterwards. I guess to put in to a pipeline to follow: >General feeling(s) you are feeling (maybe write them down if that helps) directly >Take that and then give it a sense of tangibility. Take the raw emotions to a level above just being a ramble. Maybe if you're dealing with multiple different emotions try putting them in a numerical order, this can be from the intensity you're feeling them, or the frequency of occurrence or whatever) >From there figure out giving it a structure. That can be whatever you want. >Rewrite parts to to give them rhyme and rhythm. >Repeat the last step until you're content. Keep in mind, creativity is a messy thing and a process you will comfortably work within probably won't be the same one that gets you some job in a writers room for taylor swift or drake. Which is to say: there isn't really a "right way" to do it. I think J Mascis put it perfectly when he said "writing songs is more like fishing".