I'm a singer and would love to come up with some of my own material, but I just can't seem to write good songs. This is very strange, since I am a good writer-- poems, stories, you name it, but whenever I try to come up with a lyric, it seems stupid. I suppose it also doesn't help that I can't play an instrument to put the lyric into.. but that's beside the point.

To you songwriters out there-- how can I channel my creativity into lyrics? And what are some characteristics of a good lyric?

If it helps, I'm a teen girl, and really admire the lyrics/songs of songwriters like Colby Calliat and Taylor Swift.

Thanks so much.

write about the first thing that comes to mind.
no matter how long a song takes to writ.
if it's the first thing you think of, it'll mean more, and if it means more, it'll be better, there will be more feeling in it.
=].

always works when i write a song.
=]


good luck huney.