02191cam a2200289 4500 243203996 TxAuBib 20150929120000.0 090507s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009019233 9781582975771 pbk. : alk. paper $18.99 1582975779 pbk. : alk. paper $18.99 (OCoLC)320622261 TxAuBib Pattison, Pat. Writing better lyrics : the essential guide to powerful songwriting / Pat Pattison ; foreword by Gillian Welch. 2nd ed. Cincinnati : Writer's Digest Books, 2009. vi, 298 p. : music ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-293) and index. Foreword / Gillian Welch -- Introduction -- 1. Object writing : the art of the diver -- 2. Rusty's collar : a lesson in showing and telling -- 3. Making metaphors -- 4. Learning to say no : building worksheets -- 5. Clich©♭s : the sleeping puppy (a case study) -- 6. Productive repetition -- 7. Verse development and power positions -- 8. Travelogues : verse continuity -- 9. Stripping your repetition for repainting -- 10. Perspectives -- 11. Point of view : second person and the hangman -- 12. Point of view : second person as narrative -- 13. Dialogue and point of view -- 14. Meter : something in common -- 15. Spotlighting with common meter -- 16. Meter : two by two -- 17. Managing couplets -- 18. Prosody : structure as film score -- 19. Understanding motion -- 20. Form follows function : building the perfect beast -- 21. The great balancing act : courting danger on the high wire -- 22. Song forms : (im) potent packages -- 23. Song forms : (im) potent packages II -- 24. Process -- Appendix. Co-writing : the "no"-free zone -- Permissions -- Index. Discusses the songwriting process and offers advice on how to improve composition skills, and the proper use of meter, verse development, and form. 20150929. Lyric writing (Popular music.) Lyric writing (Popular music.) BMLLS