How do you come up with your lyrics? Do you use a rhyming dictionary, or is it all off the dome?
  1. Read and research, pull out key points and jot down my own thoughts
  2. Storyboard the ideas into a logical order
  3. Flesh the content out by writing it like an article
  4. Cut it back down to key words again
  5. (lots of iteration between step 2-4, this is the "meat" of the content)
  6. When I have something I'm sort of happy with, I rearrange the words in the sentences
  7. Then I try to make it rhyme. I just google "rhyme with xx" and see if there's a word I can work in / a better way to write a particular sentence. I don't have a preference for rhyming dictionaries, I usually work my way through everything if I'm really stuck!
I don't always follow those steps, sometimes I have key phrases I want to include and work my way around them. Sometimes they pop into my head and everything clicks into place.
Thanks for your question! <3
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