The Irrevocable Word
I was just walking, thinking about the lyrics I posted earlier (or yesterday, depending on how you want to look at it) I decided I don’t like them. At first I was thinking of deleting that post, but then I decided that would be breaking the rules of blog. If it’s been said, then it’s been said. I’m just going to have to accept it.
Why don’t I like the lyrics? Meaning and purpose are very important things to me when it comes to writing. Those lyrics had no meaning or purpose. If you thought there was some theme or something in there, it was completely by accident. My main concern when I was writing that was maintaining the -urning, -urting, etc sound. I started off with no real concept, just writing words. Along the way, a few concepts came to mind, but guess what? I let them all pass me by so I could stick to my rhyme scheme. I was defeated by my own words. Words are supposed to be my tool, but I went where they took me. I was a follower when I should have been leading those syllables to some worthwhile destination.
OK, I’ll cut down on the drama.
That is the type of thing I normally write in my notebook and never do anything with. I happened to be at a computer when I wrote it, so I posted it here without really considering it. Looking back now, I realized it ended up being more of a writing exercise than anything.
April 3, 2006 @ 7:19 am
glory:
and what’s funny is that it did work itself out into something – something that a lot of people don’t have the ability to think about, let alone actually do…
April 3, 2006 @ 8:54 am
Ahd Child:
Yeah, I did have some kind of idea in mind when I wrote it and it does sort of come together. I guess what I don’t like is that i made up a feeling to fit where the words were going instead of coming up with the words to fit the feeling. I’m focused on being a story-teller (whether the story is about an event or an emotion) in my writing right now, and I felt like that was a story – but a badly written story.