Write it Down When You Think of It!
Because that big wonderful thought
will never hit you again quite the same way.
It will be similar, but never as good, trust me.
An insight is a gift from God and the Universe. It is the coming together of a thousand separate observations and thoughts that have formed the insignificant pieces of that particular jigsaw puzzle. Individually, the observations have all been tiny and not much worthy of note.
But then BAM! All of a sudden the picture emerges and you see it, and you “get” it! And that can happen at any time:
–When you realize you love someone!
–When you realize you’re losing someone!
–When the clouds part on a difficult topic, and it becomes crystal clear!
–When you taste the results of a recipe that finally comes together!
–When you teach an idea, and you see understanding in someone’s eyes!
–When your alarm clock goes off after your plane has left the airport!
–When you look in the mirror and see who you are now!
–When you are sitting doing nothing and you suddenly appreciate your life, and you’re almost in tears with the bliss!
–When you suddenly understand the meaning of something someone said!
–When you “get” a joke the day after you heard it!
–When you wake up in the middle of the night with the answer to a problem!
–When you realize what that line is in a song you’ve sung the wrong words to forever!
–When the right words for a line in a song you’re writing pop into your brain
If you don’t write it down instantly– with pen on paper, scribbled on the TP, etched on your computer screen, spoken into your phone voice recorder – you will forever regret it.
So don’t be lazy!
Don’t let it slip away!
Don’t roll over in bed, or finish your sandwich, or answer your phone.
Because it’s always the way that just when you have that Big Thought, the phone will ring, someone in the room will ask you a question, the kettle will boil, the elevator door will open, a car will brake in front of you.
And that tiny little thread to immortality, that great thought, that one-in-a-million line that you’ll never grasp in quite the same way again – will go Poof! And vanish into the ether.
And that’s So Much To Lose! (Don’t even think about it…I already wrote that song!!) 😂
So, if it doesn’t mean getting in accident, or burning the dinner, or belly flopping into the pool – Write it Down! Now!
And that means You!
Lyric Evaluations & Songwriting Consultations
Time permits only a few Songwriter Consultations and song evaluations.
But I really do enjoy helping songwriters to take a look at their work, and recognize the flaws in their thinking process that somehow keep good ideas from becoming great songs.
There are definitely tips and tricks that a successful writer learns along the way. I try to impart some of them to those who are willing to listen.
Contact Pamela
Contact me for a Lyric Evaluation & Songwriting Consultation and I will will happily respond
Lyric Evaluations & Songwriting Consultations
Time permits only a few Songwriter Consultations and song evaluations.
But I really do enjoy helping songwriters to take a look at their work, and recognize the flaws in their thinking process that somehow keep good ideas from becoming great songs.
There are definitely tips and tricks that a successful writer learns along the way. I try to impart some of them to those who are willing to listen.
Contact Pamela
Contact me for a Lyric Evaluation & Songwriting Consultation and I will will happily respond