Have a sense of purpose when you sit down to write a song, but let the ideas flow naturally. If you have to force your creative process, then the product of that process is almost guaranteed to feel forced to your audience as well.

This doesn’t mean that you can’t do certain things to trigger your creativity. Take measures to nurture your creative spark while maintaining a certain level of discipline in how you approach your writing process.

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