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I find it hard to write about things that didn't happen to me. Not because it would be difficult, but because I fear people may think that's me, or my story!


We shouldn't fear what people will think about us, especially from our songs or works of fiction.
As songwriters, we should approach our craft like we were a child who loves to spend time just
playing. We should steal, write, and play while enjoy stealing and writing and playing.
In doing so, hopefully we become better writers and more original.

Don't let what others think of you get in your way of having fun with words and music.
The world would have a lot fewer songs and works of fiction if all writers feared others thought
their works autobiograpical.

If you don't where start, work from a phrase. Take any phrase like "Ramona", then
use your imagination make up a story that will lead you to that phrase. If you have
writer's block, steal. Take Bob's song, run it through a strainer by changing the story line
and making it your song. I imagine that is what Waylon amd Don Bowman did when they
wrote Waylon's early hit song "Anita, You're Dreaming" about 2 years after Bob's "Ramona"
was released. I'll include the lyrics and links below so you can compare its similarities with "Ramona".



Anita come closer,
stop crying and listen to me
I guess its too late now
but somehow I must make you see
What we thought was our world
was only a dream world
and we just can't go on like this
Anita your dreaming of a world
that can never exist

Anita it's over
there's nothing that's left now to say
Anita your dreaming
and I know it's better this way

Anita come closer
and close your pretty blue eyes
Your young dreams just can't be
and somehow you must realize
That each time your with me
my conscious reminds me
of someone who's waiting alone
Anita your dreaming
and when you awake I'll be gone

Anita it's over
there's nothing that's left now to say
Anita your dreaming
and I know it's better this way


I hope this helps...

JBlatz