#writing process

I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the hook, and the lyrics come last. Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about. ↗

— John Legend

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#because #bunch #come #first #hook

When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me. ↗

— David E. Kelley

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#easily #feel #good #good sign #laboring

And I've always loved commercials. I like working out how to organically weave a brand's message into the writing process. It's like an improv show, where comics ask the audience to throw out a word and a skit is built around it. ↗

— Jason Bateman

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#around #ask #audience #brand #built