Sheesh. Why do I spend so much of my time berating myself for not accomplishing enough?
Why indeed? ;D <3 You are incredibly productive, that's what you are :)
Ooh, how exciting to learn more about song writing! How theoretical is it - do you learn things like this will often work in that genre and that won't? Do you need to play an instrument? I remember I used to fool around on my guitar (which I can't play very well), trying to create a song, and they would all come out very melancholy and rather a bit like some not-very-good Emmylou Harris-ish sound-alike, haha :)
And I do some beta reading, and I do think I get a better and better eye for what works and doesn't work in writing, the more I look at it from an editor's perspective. So that's a writerly activity, too.
It really is. I can often find that part difficult - I see that something isn't quite right, but it's a lot harder to pinpoint exactly what it is and what can be done to fix it.
So many books! Do you have any favourites of the ones you've read recently?
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Why indeed? ;D <3 You are incredibly productive, that's what you are :)
Ooh, how exciting to learn more about song writing! How theoretical is it - do you learn things like this will often work in that genre and that won't? Do you need to play an instrument?
I remember I used to fool around on my guitar (which I can't play very well), trying to create a song, and they would all come out very melancholy and rather a bit like some not-very-good Emmylou Harris-ish sound-alike, haha :)
And I do some beta reading, and I do think I get a better and better eye for what works and doesn't work in writing, the more I look at it from an editor's perspective. So that's a writerly activity, too.
It really is. I can often find that part difficult - I see that something isn't quite right, but it's a lot harder to pinpoint exactly what it is and what can be done to fix it.
So many books! Do you have any favourites of the ones you've read recently?