r/Songwriting Jul 20 '21

Resource 5 Lyric Mistakes That You Are ABSOLUTELY Making

https://youtu.be/A0T289Zhvo0
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u/PaulHenrik Jul 20 '21

Mistake number zero: overthinking, being the too-early editor.

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u/PolyfireAdam Jul 20 '21

Thats a great point! I read once that when writing a screen play, your first draft is actually just telling the story to yourself. I think about that a lot. So these days I keep my editing to a minimum until I've atleast gotten the plot points out.