By the way, the 'How Sound' podcast has great ideas about how to present ideas in a radio story, and the various methods listed in this particular episode can work great as how to approach a first verse.

http://transom.org/2016/mark-get-set-start-story/

There are several other useful podcasts in that series. Here's one that says your story that you unfold should follow the shape of a lower case letter 'e' - it actually makes sense, and some of the best comedians seem to use this method, when they return to a prior punchline, or setup for a punchline, far into their routine. It's that repetition thing, but from a different context.

http://transom.org/2016/story-structure-e/

This coming February (in just over a week), I'm going to give some of these different song story structure ideas a try.

Why not join me in February Album Writing Month, and put the tips you've read in this thread to practice? One thing I firmly believe is that songwriting takes disciplined practice, just like any other creative endeavor. Now and then you'll find something that is uniquely your 'voice' that also connects with others.

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