Your purpose as a songwriter should be to write lyrics that are relatable, memorable, and inspirational. Writing lyrics that listeners can relate to, starts with digging from your own real life situations or emotions. Lyrics that listeners consider memorable starts with you as a songwriter, because as you are writing the song, the melodies and ideas are at their freshest, which means in that moment if the song does not feel right to you, it’s not right. Everything about the song, the moment you are writing it, should make you want to write more and see where the song ends up.

Tools make things easier. That is why lyric writing tools are so important in the song creation process. Imagine trying to drive a nail into a board with your fist. Not only would it be painful, it would not do the job properly. Now imagine driving that same nail using a hammer. It is so much easier to accomplish the task using the correct tool. As a songwriter you need to build a tool kit.

If you want to start writing lyrics you will need to do certain exercises. Most of these exercises involve playing with ideas and words.
Every song starts with a central idea, from that idea comes a story.  The story is structures poetically through meter and rhyme. A song will them transform into a certain song structure with sections like verse and chorus.

Songwriting is a craft. To be good at writing songs the songwriter must nurture the skills required. There are several steps in the process of writing songs. Apply each of these to you process.

Although the information in this article is presented in a sequential fashion; you don’t always need to follow it. It is possible to deviate from the order. Actually you may find that once you have a title that you will want to revise the character descriptions. Or you may need to modify the melody to better fit the lyric. The process of songwriting is somewhat organic in that each part is intertwined with another part. Every rewrite will cause the song to evolve. There are many other factors that go into writing a song. The ones presented here will give you a springboard to start writing and composing songs.

Songwriters write songs because they have something to say. A songwriter is also an artist. When a collection of songs are written, that collection becomes what is known as the artist voice. When writing songs it is important to have your own unique voice.

Having your own unique voice is vital for the success of any songwriter. Understanding these various way of doing that will help you along the journey. As you build your catalog of songs you will see how special and unique you are. Your fans will appreciate your integrity and honesty.