Writing Better Lyrics,9781582975771

Writing Better Lyrics

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781582975771
ISBN10: 1582975779
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-01-08
Publisher(s): RH
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Writing Better Lyrics is an excellent blend of basic lyric theory and helpful writing activities. Pattison illustrates his concepts with examples from great poets as well as contemporary lyricists. If you are looking for one book to help you write better lyrics (or poetry or journal entries or anything), I would say "Writing Better Lyrics" is the one you want. I highly recommend this textbook.


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Summary

Writing Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics.

With additional song evaluations and exercises to help songwriters hone their lyric-writing skills, "Writing Better Lyrics, 2nd Edition" is more comprehensive than ever before. The book features new and expanded chapters covering such topics as: when the use of repetition can be an asset; how to successfully manipulate meter; how to work with a co-writer; how to build on ideas and generate effective titles; and, much, much more.

Author Biography

Pat Pattison is a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches lyric writing and poetry.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. vii
Introductionp. 1
Object Writing: The Art of the Diverp. 3
Rusty's Collar: A Lesson in Showing and Tellingp. 19
Making Metaphorsp. 23
Learning to Say No: Building Worksheetsp. 33
Clichés: The Sleeping Puppy (A Case Study)p. 47
Productive Repetitionp. 55
Verse Development and Power Positionsp. 82
Travelogues: Verse Continuityp. 93
Stripping Your Repetition for Repaintingp. 101
Perspectivesp. 111
Point of View: Second Person and the Hangmanp. 128
Point of View: Second Person as Narrativep. 132
Dialogue and Point of Viewp. 139
Meter: Something in Commonp. 147
Spotlighting With Common Meterp. 153
Meter: Two by Twop. 161
Managing Coupletsp. 168
Prosody: Structure as Film Scorep. 177
Understanding Motionp. 189
Form Follows Function: Building the Perfect Beastp. 229
The Great Balancing Act: Courting Danger on the High Wirep. 239
Song Forms: (Im) Potent Packagesp. 250
Song Forms: (Im) Potent Packages IIp. 257
Processp. 262
Appendix: Co-Writing: The "No"-Free Zonep. 289
Permissionsp. 292
Indexp. 295
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