Lots of good suggestions and I'll throw out a couple comments.

I've been writing/recording for some time yet still find writing songs and fleshing out lyrics to my personal satisfaction is no easy task.
As others have stated, some of my ideas come to finish product in a couple of weeks and others a couple of months...or longer.

I took a song writing class(geology/music major '73-'76) and he taught that if one is having difficulty with lyrics just write it out as a story form first without rhyming concerns initially.
Then, after writing out the bullets of the subject one can edit to a lyrical rhyming song format.
On the music/instrumentation side it's always a good idea to learn some basic music theory as another tool in the songwriting process.

I have written music first on some songs and had lyrical ideas first on others.
My stuff reflects some of my life experiences and various subjects that occur to me.
Sometimes based on just one word that comes to my pea brain.

IMO....to better ourselves at song writing one just has to keep writing, be willing to cull words/verses when necessary and not think that everything we write is a masterpiece on the first version.

I'm less than fond of most contemporary music so I have no illusions that any of my efforts would fit in the 'mass appeal' genre.
I have no promotional agenda as I think of writing/recording as my creative therapy.

Carry on....a creative day to all. (my apologies for this novelette)

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