
Songwriting in Varying Seasons
Imagine this with me. You’re in a groove of writing songs. Every lyric and melody just fits like a glove. You’re deeply connected with your style and you are finding inspiration with everything. Until it’s not like that. You hit a writer’s block. You thought you were immune to that kind of stuff. And it almost feels like you’ve been robbed of joy and everything you write now just doesn’t satisfy your creative appetite. Maybe you start to feel like you have to retire and leave songwriting to some other younglings who are hungrier. It’s super dramatic I know, but this is actually a feeling we face as creative people, especially songwriters. How do you get back up? What’s the remedy to this? I want to suggest from my experiences what I have learned so that the fresh expressions of worship in our lives doesn’t cease.
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