Lewys93

I'm still messing about with ideas, etc. but I need to start revising for my GCSEs now, after that, I'll have a 13 week Summer holiday to do some serious writing

Unfortunatley, I have no friends who are interested in songwriting. If I did, I'd probably try collaborations with them to bring in new ideas that I would not have though of.

Fantastic! These seem to be all excellent ideas that I never would have thought of. And for the person who posted above me, I'm 15, and not very outgoing, so I don't really have many experiences to write from. Although, I suppose I could write about all the things that may lie ahead. I'd like to thank everybody here for putting so much effort in to help beginners such as myself, this is easily the nicest forum I've posted in.

After reading the "build-a-song" series, which discusses the importance of inspiration, I've found that I don't have any, and however hard I try (or don't try) it doesn't work. I notice that I tend to use other songs for inspiration, but I do that too much, with the song sounding almost exactly the same as the one I drew inspiration from. Does anybody have any suggestions?