#67 - 7 Storytelling Mistakes That Are KILLING Your Songs

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#66 How to Write A PRO- or ANTI WAR song

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#65 How To Write A Chorus - Lyrics For An Empowering Song

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#64 Unpacking the Magic of "Nothing is Over" by Sunrise Avenue: A Powerful Love Story in Song

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#63 Taylor Swift's Storytelling and Songwriting Explored

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#62 Lyric Breakdown of a Crime Story - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

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#61 - 3 Ways to Include the Location in the Lyrics

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#60 How To Write A Song Based On A Story (Key Story Moments)

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#59 - Quick Guide to Storytelling in Songwriting

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#58 - The Only 3 Ways To Include The PLACE In Your Song Lyrics

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#57 - Why Is "I'm Just Ken" So Good?

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#56 - Best Song Topics To Write About (That People Love To Listen To)

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#55 - How To Write The Beginning Of A Song So You Can Hook Your Audience (+Examples)

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#54 - Your Song Has To Go Somewhere - Meaning Explained

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#53 - How To Write A Song That Tells A Story

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#52 - Lewis Capaldi - The Needless Struggle of a Successful Music Artist

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#51 - How to Write a Viral Song

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#50 - “The Comeback” by Drew Davies - A great example of a redemption story in a song

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#49 - Overcoming what's holding you back & reaching your goals.

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#48 - The Ultimate Dilemma for the Song’s Main Character – Waypoint #3: The Crisis

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#47 - How to combine every part of the lyrics so that it contributes to one central meaning?

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#46 - Writing A Turning Point Moment in Lyrics – Waypoint #2: The Turning Point Progressive Complication

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#45 - How I Discovered the Power of Lyrics

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#44 - Throwing the Song's Character's Life Out Of Balance – Waypoint #1: The Inciting Incident

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#43 - What You Have to Say Matters… and How To Make it Matter to Others

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#42 - “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not” by Thompson Square – How to Create a Smooth and Subtle Narrative Flow

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#41 - Attention Grabbing Opening Lines – Part 3: The Intriguing Question

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#40 - Steps Two and Three to Creating A One-Sentence Lyric Outline To Guide Your Writing Process

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#39 - Attention Grabbing Opening Lines – Part 2: The Shocking Statement

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#38 - The First Step to Creating A One-Sentence Lyric Outline To Guide Your Writing Process

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#37 - Attention Grabbing Opening Lines - Part 1: The Powerful Problem

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#36 - Knowing Which Lyric Lines & Ideas To Keep Or Throw Out – How To Answer The Question Of Relevancy

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#35 - Can A Song Save A Life?

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#34 - How To Crush It As A Support Act - The Do’s and Dont’s!

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#33 - Dynamic Characters in Narrative Songwriting

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#32 - “You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This” by Toby Keith – Making Your Song’s Character Fall in Love

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#31 - Creating Conflict by Using a Character's Wants and Needs (+ WORKSHEET)

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#30 - 3 Ways to Develop your Song's Character Using Internal Content Genres

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#29 - Every Character WANTS something. But how to figure out WHAT that is?

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#28 - “Shut Up and Kiss Me” by Mary Chapin Carpenter – Avoiding Contradictions in Lyrics

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#27 - Develop your Lyric's Verses by Using Progressive Complications (+ WORKSHEET)

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#26 - Development Engine ADVANCED: 5 Commandments of Storytelling

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#25 - A Songwriter’s Six Best Friends ADVANCED: The Story Grid Diorama Model (+WORKSHEET)

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#24 - “Rumor” by Lee Brice – Using Multiple Love Story Conventions

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#23 - Finding Topics to Write about by Looking at Universal Human Values

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#22 - How to Show a Change between your Song's Beginning and Ending

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#21 - Crucial Components of Narrative Songwriting

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#20 - “Kiss Me Slowly” by Parachute – Why Change is Better than Repetition

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#19 - What songwriters need to know about writing lyrics about the first kiss

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#18 - 15 Secrets Every Songwriter Must Know About Writing The Lyrics For A Lovers’ First Meet Scene

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#17 - "Special K" (Placebo) - The Simplest Way to Start and Finish Song Lyrics that Mean Something!

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#16 - "Middle of a Memory" by Cole Swindell - One Amazing Songwriting Trick to Increase Your Album's Streaming Number

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#15 - "Heartache on the Dancefloor" by Jon Pardi - Beat the fairytale love song cliché and move over to the dark side

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#14 - "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees - Making listeners relate to the inner turmoil of your song's character

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#13 - "I Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles - The Beatles Way to Include Your Listeners In Your Narration

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#12 - "Crazy for You" by Madonna - An Unspoken Truth To Writing Enticing Lyrics

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#11 - "Ain't No Other Man" by Christina Aguilera - Three Lyric Writing Mistakes That Could Cost You Your Audience’s Engagement

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#10 - "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" by John Michael Montgomery - How To Write A "Love at First Sight" Song: Successful Musicians Secrets Revealed

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#9 - My Secret Songwriting Weapon to Write Captivating Lyrics

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#8 - Here’s What You Don’t Know About Songwriting That Could Revolutionize your Lyrics

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#7 - "Last Goodbye" by A Minute for Manny - How to write a heartbreaking love song to get over someone?

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#6 - How to write a powerful love song? (6 inspirational Moments)

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#5 - 3 Steps to finish the lyrics of a song you’re stuck in.

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#4 - How to start writing a song. Beat that blank sheet of paper.

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#3 - How to make a song unforgettable?

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#2 - Try to tell a story in a song and make an impact!

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#1 - How 'Welcome to the Black Parade' turned so many people into fans of MCR

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#67 - 7 Storytelling Mistakes That Are KILLING Your Songs

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#66 How to Write A PRO- or ANTI WAR song

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#65 How To Write A Chorus - Lyrics For An Empowering Song

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#64 Unpacking the Magic of "Nothing is Over" by Sunrise Avenue: A Powerful Love Story in Song

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#63 Taylor Swift's Storytelling and Songwriting Explored

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#62 Lyric Breakdown of a Crime Story - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

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#61 - 3 Ways to Include the Location in the Lyrics

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#60 How To Write A Song Based On A Story (Key Story Moments)

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#59 - Quick Guide to Storytelling in Songwriting

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#58 - The Only 3 Ways To Include The PLACE In Your Song Lyrics

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#57 - Why Is "I'm Just Ken" So Good?

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#56 - Best Song Topics To Write About (That People Love To Listen To)

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#55 - How To Write The Beginning Of A Song So You Can Hook Your Audience (+Examples)

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#54 - Your Song Has To Go Somewhere - Meaning Explained

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#53 - How To Write A Song That Tells A Story

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#52 - Lewis Capaldi - The Needless Struggle of a Successful Music Artist

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#51 - How to Write a Viral Song

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#50 - “The Comeback” by Drew Davies - A great example of a redemption story in a song

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#49 - Overcoming what's holding you back & reaching your goals.

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#48 - The Ultimate Dilemma for the Song’s Main Character – Waypoint #3: The Crisis

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#47 - How to combine every part of the lyrics so that it contributes to one central meaning?

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#46 - Writing A Turning Point Moment in Lyrics – Waypoint #2: The Turning Point Progressive Complication

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#45 - How I Discovered the Power of Lyrics

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#44 - Throwing the Song's Character's Life Out Of Balance – Waypoint #1: The Inciting Incident

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#43 - What You Have to Say Matters… and How To Make it Matter to Others

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#42 - “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not” by Thompson Square – How to Create a Smooth and Subtle Narrative Flow

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#41 - Attention Grabbing Opening Lines – Part 3: The Intriguing Question

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#40 - Steps Two and Three to Creating A One-Sentence Lyric Outline To Guide Your Writing Process

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#39 - Attention Grabbing Opening Lines – Part 2: The Shocking Statement

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#38 - The First Step to Creating A One-Sentence Lyric Outline To Guide Your Writing Process

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#37 - Attention Grabbing Opening Lines - Part 1: The Powerful Problem

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#36 - Knowing Which Lyric Lines & Ideas To Keep Or Throw Out – How To Answer The Question Of Relevancy

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#35 - Can A Song Save A Life?

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#34 - How To Crush It As A Support Act - The Do’s and Dont’s!

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#33 - Dynamic Characters in Narrative Songwriting

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#32 - “You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This” by Toby Keith – Making Your Song’s Character Fall in Love

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#31 - Creating Conflict by Using a Character's Wants and Needs (+ WORKSHEET)

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#30 - 3 Ways to Develop your Song's Character Using Internal Content Genres

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#29 - Every Character WANTS something. But how to figure out WHAT that is?