From the course: One-Minute Songwriting Tips

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Give yourself a writing assignment

Give yourself a writing assignment

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Give yourself a writing assignment

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- Give yourself a writing assignment. It's easier to write if you have some guidelines. Tell yourself you're going to write a song with one chord you've never used or a song about a topic you've never covered. You'll find it's easier to get to work. Anything you can do to give shape and structure to what you're attempting to write will make the task that much simpler. I actually had a collaborator come in once and say, "I've been touring with this jam band "and all of our songs are just one chord. "Let's write a song with just one chord." And after sort of resetting myself and kind of getting in that head space, I realized it was a great challenge and we did it.

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