HOW TO KEEP THE IDEAS COMING

(12 weeks)

This course is $50.00         April 14 to June 30, 1999
 

WEEK 1 TEN LYRIC WRITING ASSIGNMENTS

• How to Approach The Assignments
• Build From Form
• A Post-First-Draft Quiz
• The Essential Lyric Framework
• Managing the Viewpoint, Voice, Time Frame, and Setting
• Applying the Top-Ten Writing Principles
• A Rundown of Rhyme
• Fitting Words to Music
• A Word on Lyric Collaboration
 

#2 An AAA Lyric with a Changing Time Frame

#3 An AABA in the Particular Present

#4 A Verse/Chorus with a One-Word Title

#5 A Lyric with A Question Title

#6 A Breakup Song in Second-Person Viewpoint

#7 A Third-Person Camera-Eye View

#8 A Verse/Chorus Lyric with a Simile or Metaphor Title

#9 A First-Person Reflection or Persona Song

#10 A List Song

#11  A Protest Song

#12  Wind-up and Party!!