My Principles of Creativity

The rules of the road for writing and music composition

  1. Get to the point.
  2. Speak the truth.
  3. Real emotion will carry the work.
  4. Focus.
  5. You can never be too specific.
  6. Read out loud.
  7. Listen.
  8. Think rhythmic flow and variation.
  9. Ask questions.
  10. Reduce the clutter.
  11. Rewrite and revise again.
  12. Every word (note) must have a purpose.
  13. Make sense.
  14. For now, no one else exists. 

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