How To Improve Writing For Beginners
- Personal Brand & Topic
- Writing Vocabulary
- Experiences
If you are new to writing, it is no surprise it can be hard finding a place to start.
First you will want to decide what style/genre of music you want to work with.
Doing so, develop a personal brand or starting point(topic) for your music to grow.
Vocabulary and word choice is something that improves with time.
Experiences are situations that help you develop story writing and flow.
Personal Brand & Topic
Think of writing a song as telling a story. Some stories start calm, whereas some start full of action.
Your topic should be what you identify with the most.
When it comes to personal brand/genre it is a matter of what story you are looking to tell your audience.
Who is your audience? You can start by generating one online.
There are many topic generators for writing songs on your internet browser if you can’t think of one.
Once you have your topic, start thinking of some branches.
For example, if the song is a love song. Who do you love? Why do you love them? When did you fall in love and how?
Use these questions to start developing a baseline for the story you want to tell.
Writing Vocabulary
Your word choice is what helps engage your listeners.
When you are fresh starting songwriting, you may feel like some words don’t fit.
It is through the process and longevity of writing that will help you improve.
You can use rhymezone to think of words to use, this will help you build your word choice.
If you have written a full song, it is unlikely you will say the same things in the next song.
After you write your first song, always look for areas to improve.
Techniques to add, and styles you can apply.
Every song should be treated like a learning process until you feel you’ve met your goal.
If you are looking to include belting or riffs, actively week to include them.
In time you will find beats, melodies, or words that fit what you are writing better.
Experiences
Your experiences make up most of what you will write.
Writing a song doesn’t always mean it has to be nonfiction.
You can write songs that don’t necessarily apply to you.
Your experiences help you decide the setting and tone for your music.
If you’ve had a rough break up, you have more insight as to how that feels.
Writing about that would feel more real coming from you, than to write a song about something that is unrelated to your feelings.
Writing is all about keeping your creativity, and this is easiest to do when you have a mental reference on what a feeling would sound like on paper or in song.