Song Unheard

— alhwrites

But this…

This is still the best thing on the internet

[Sound on]

Astronaut readjusts to life back on Earth

IT’S NOT FUNNY IT’S VERY LOGICAL THAT HE WOULD HAVE ADJUSTED TO LIVING LIFE WHILE HE WAS IN SPACE BECAUSE IT’S DIFFERENT FROM EARTH BUT I CAN’T FUCKING BREATHE

I don't delete anything, like... At all.

This method works specifically for songwriting since when you write lyrics you are forced to edit it on the spot. Unlike storywriting where you can free write and edit later, in songwriting every sentence affects the structure of the next in a more obvious way, so you have to write them to fit each other.

So let's talk about why you might wanna delete something, and why you shouldn't:

Deleteing full songs/stories- that's a no no BECAUSE even if it's trash it might be recyclable after some time. Lot's of times we write crappy songs, but mostly part of them is good. Weather it's an idea, a theme, the structure, this one metaphore or whatever. It might be useful or inspiring later on.

What do i do instead? I hear you ask- just keep it somewhere, on your files, in your notebook. As long as you can still find it that'll be great and worst case scenario you won't look at it and it'll just stay there

2.deleting phrases or sentences while/after writing-

This can be very tempting bc what you wrote may seem off/cringy/too[insert anything here] or just could be better. But many times this line has a reason to be there and you'll need to find the reason in order to replace it

What i like to do is to add notes for possible replacements

Im gonna use the song "break my heart again" by FINNEAS as an exaple of what my notebook would probably look like if i were writing this song (actual final lyrics of the actual song are highlited in purple)

[disclaimer: We're gonna pretend im writing the song right now even though it's not mine and I'm adding a fake process here]

Hey you, im just now leaving

Would you come around later on this evening ?

Or do you need time?

You can't help it if you changed your mind

(/Yes of course, that's fine)

You see the black line felt off so i put a replacement note in a (/), most of the time i find those are the lines that get stuck in my head and they stay there. I don't delete them, in case i wanna change back or use them still.

Hey you, good morning

Im sure you're busy now why else would you ignore me?

Or do you need space

If we get stuck on the next line we can use the idea from the line we replaced, but not deleted and create a better fitting line for this verse :

You can't help it if your mind has changed

Some more useful marks i use for things im not sure about are:

(+ if i might want to add this line but im not sure)

(/if i might want to replace the line) and

(?if im not sure or want to check something before deciding exactly)

You can customize that as you please

I hope that helped you, im sure that can be applied to stories too in a way and once again this song is not mine and it's probably not how it was written, i just used it as an example of what using this technique may have looked like. This song is made by the amazing singer, songwriter and producer FINNEAS and belongs to him :)

I might post more songwriting tips, i didn't know anybody needs them bc most of writeblr are story writers

I don't delete anything, like... At all.

This method works specifically for songwriting since when you write lyrics you are forced to edit it on the spot. Unlike storywriting where you can free write and edit later, in songwriting every sentence affects the structure of the next in a more obvious way, so you have to write them to fit each other.

So let's talk about why you might wanna delete something, and why you shouldn't:

Deleteing full songs/stories- that's a no no BECAUSE even if it's trash it might be recyclable after some time. Lot's of times we write crappy songs, but mostly part of them is good. Weather it's an idea, a theme, the structure, this one metaphore or whatever. It might be useful or inspiring later on.

What do i do instead? I hear you ask- just keep it somewhere, on your files, in your notebook. As long as you can still find it that'll be great and worst case scenario you won't look at it and it'll just stay there

2.deleting phrases or sentences while/after writing-

This can be very tempting bc what you wrote may seem off/cringy/too[insert anything here] or just could be better. But many times this line has a reason to be there and you'll need to find the reason in order to replace it

What i like to do is to add notes for possible replacements

Im gonna use the song "break my heart again" by FINNEAS as an exaple of what my notebook would probably look like if i were writing this song (actual final lyrics of the actual song are highlited in purple)

[disclaimer: We're gonna pretend im writing the song right now even though it's not mine and I'm adding a fake process here]

Hey you, im just now leaving

Would you come around later on this evening ?

Or do you need time?

You can't help it if you changed your mind

(/Yes of course, that's fine)

You see the black line felt off so i put a replacement note in a (/), most of the time i find those are the lines that get stuck in my head and they stay there. I don't delete them, in case i wanna change back or use them still.

Hey you, good morning

Im sure you're busy now why else would you ignore me?

Or do you need space

If we get stuck on the next line we can use the idea from the line we replaced, but not deleted and create a better fitting line for this verse :

You can't help it if your mind has changed

Some more useful marks i use for things im not sure about are:

(+ if i might want to add this line but im not sure)

(/if i might want to replace the line) and

(?if im not sure or want to check something before deciding exactly)

You can customize that as you please

I hope that helped you, im sure that can be applied to stories too in a way and once again this song is not mine and it's probably not how it was written, i just used it as an example of what using this technique may have looked like. This song is made by the amazing singer, songwriter and producer FINNEAS and belongs to him :)