Songwriting Without Boundaries (55 page)

See also
tetrameter couplets and pentameter lines exercise prompts

tetrameter couplets and pentameter lines exercise prompts

war zone, 203-204

wildflowers, 205

tetrameter couplets exercise, 179-190

See also
tetrameter couplets exercise prompts

tetrameter couplets exercise prompts

avalanche, 180-182

broken glass, 187-188

John Brown, 186-187

mountain, 182-183

rocking chair on the front porch at sunset, 189-190

skydiving, 188-189

sleeping late, 185-186

snowstorm, 183-184

train, 184-185

tetrameter lines, 174, 175, 181, 184, 186, 187, 190, 197, 199, 202, 206, 209, 213, 215

See also
tetrameter lines exercise

tetrameter lines exercise, 175-179

See also
tetrameter lines exercise prompts

tetrameter lines exercise prompts

art museum, 176-177

digging for gold, 177-178

pickup truck, 178-179

sunset, 175-176

third-person narrative, 29, 30

timed writing, 6-7

To, Shirley, 21, 219

“Tomorrow We’ll See,” 23

tone center, 49

Tozier, Nicholas, 40, 219

trimeter lines, 175, 190-191, 192, 194, 197, 199, 209, 213, 215

triple meter, 169, 183, 193

unstable (abba) structure exercise, 212-216

See also
unstable (abba) structure exercise prompts

unstable (abba) structure exercise prompts

cloudy day, 214-215

sleeping late, 215-216

unstressed syllables, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 200, 208

verbs, 20, 50, 51, 54, 59, 65, 67, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 106, 171

active, 68

auxiliary, 172

choice, 188

giving commands with, 198

ing
form, 33

intransitive, 70, 76, 77

metaphor-based, 19

strong, 19

tense-neutral, 33, 34

transitive, 75, 77

See also
finding nouns from verbs exercise; finding verbs from nouns exercise; noun-verb collisions exercise

voice, writing, 2

Ward, Tanja, 24, 28, 219

Welch, Gillian, 17, 19, 168, 180, 182, 184, 185, 186-187, 217, 219

“what” writing exercise, 10-23, 31

See also
“what” writing exercise prompts

“what” writing exercise prompts

arrow, 22-23

bathroom mirror, 13-14

bouquet, 19-20

cigar, 21-22

crash, 11-12

curb, 18-19

dentist, 14-15

feather, 17-18

hair, 17

lily pad, 12-13

movie theater, 20-21

rain cloud, 20

screwdriver, 15

sky, 10-11

umbrella, 16

“when” writing exercise, 10, 31-39

seasonal, 31, 35

special occasion, 31

time of day, 31, 35

See also
“when” writing exercise prompts

“when” writing exercise prompts

crossing the finish line, 39

Easter Sunday, 36-37

first snowfall, 36

graduation, 33-34

late evening, 37-38

loved one’s funeral, 38

six in the morning, 35

summer rainstorm, 32-33

wedding rehearsal dinner, 34

“where” writing exercise, 10, 39-47

See also
“where” writing exercise prompts

“where” writing exercise prompts

canoe on the river, 47

cliff by the ocean, 40

hotel bar, 42

old fishing hole, 43-44

on the city bus, 45-46

park bench in the city, 40-42

suburban swimming pool, 42-43

under an umbrella, 44-45

wedding in an old church, 46-47

“who” writing exercise, 10, 23-31, 62

character development and, 23

See also
“who” writing exercise prompts

“who” writing exercise prompts

ballerina, 29-30

balloon man, 26-27

cyclist, 38-29

homeless child, 27-28

priest, 25-26

puppy, 30-31

sailor, 24

trucker, 28

waitress clearing table, 24-25

Wilkinson, Scott, 26, 219

Worsham, Charlie, 90-91, 97, 102, 113, 115-116, 119, 120-121, 125-126, 129-130, 132-133, 219

Wright, Richard, 105

Writing Better Lyrics,
9, 34, 88, 179, 190, 198, 209

writing challenges.
See specific writing challenges, exercises, and prompts

writing exercises.
See specific writing challenges, exercises, and prompts

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