![]() ![]() ![]() The verse lyrics change at the chorus and again at the bridge, if there is one. The words come in patterns that match the structure of the song. One word or phrase will repeat more than any other. But some like EDM will only use a handful.Īnd those words are usually pretty simple-short with lots of monosyllables. Some genres have more, notably rap and folk. Lyrics Are Lean: There Are Only a Few Words Most songwriters follow these to create authentic, arresting, and memorable lyrics. So my challenge to you is to spend 50% of the time it takes to create your song on writing those words!īefore we dive headfirst into the nitty gritty, let’s take a look at the most common lyrical trends. All these tools will help you write incredible lyrics.Īt the very least, I want you to realize that half the copyright of a song is the lyric. Today you’ll learn the fundamentals of lyric writing. If you hit all three, your lyrics are bound to resonate with your audience. They should be striking and stick with listeners long after the song has ended. You want to write lyrics that are authentic, arresting, and memorable. There’s something irresistible about words set in song. Today you’ll learn the fundamentals for writing lyrics that last like a mental tattoo. So you need to do the best you can when writing them! They act as an anchor for the song, allowing listeners to strongly identify with you. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, for being the quintessential circus novel, and a prime example of wonderful word-wrangling.Lyrics are one of the most important parts of your song.Scott Fitzgerald, for bringing both the ’20s and a sense of neverending longing to life. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, for intertwining a dark and mystical world with interesting writing.It’s hard to beat the atmosphere of this strange little book. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton, for being filled to the brim with rhythm, whimsy and beauty.This book is literary, mystical and all-consuming, without ever overdosing on adjectives. We follow a travelling circus boat and a girl who lives alone on an island, performing funerals as penance for a crime. Imagine a world where there is far more sea than land, and humanity is separated between those that live on land and those who dwell in the sea. What would this book be, if the prose were sparse and blunt? It would certainly have a very different kind of impact. Here, Death is our narrator, and he sees the world in such whimsical sadness, and it is through his honest but poetic descriptions that the reader finds themselves truly gutted. It would be remiss not to mention this beautiful tale. Though there isn’t a heavy plot, it’s hard not to be captivated by Woolf’s masterful writing. In this book, every time a new person is seen, even if just for a moment on the side of the road, they get 300 words about them and their worldview and their day. Woolf totally revolutionised the way character was written. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolfĭon’t be frightened of this book because of its literary stature it is full of beautiful prose and interesting writing. The narrator wraps the reader up in her compulsive thoughts and self-doubt so convincingly, that it is very easy to understand how the sickness took hold of her in the first place. This is about a girl with an eating disorder, told in the first person, and though the writing is beautiful, it is very dark. Wintergirls is different from the other books on this list, because it is very real. ![]() It’s almost impossible not to fall in love with this book and its world. From the outset, the writing is the first thing the reader notices the author manages to intertwine laugh-until-you-cry moments with cry-until-you-laugh moments through her lovely prose. This is a tale of a girl raised by monsters, half in another world, and half in Prague. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor To view all the posts in this series, click here. This is the second in a series of posts which will include recommendations for books that excel at different aspects of the craft. By deconstructing books that work, we can figure out at least some of the magic that the brilliant authors have used when concocting their stories. Reading is the most important thing writers can do it is truly the closest thing to an apprenticeship we have. Even if this isn’t quite what you want to do for your project, it’s worth taking a look to see how this kind of writing affects its readership. ![]() Lyrical prose has the power to be truly visceral and evoke emotions in the reader in a totally different way to many other styles of writing. When an author delights in words, relishing them and writing beautiful sentences, readers notice. There’s nothing quite like the atmosphere of a truly lyrical book. ![]()
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