I agree with @Ember - PG Music. I think emotion has a major role in songwriting. Especially, when you are able to connect to your deepest sadness, happiness, confusion, or whatever bothers you. I would say that being able to read yourself and understand your flaws, whether they are in songwriting or in life, in general, will be a positive contribution to one's creations. However, this will come in time and I need to practice a whole lot! Perhaps one day I can write a song about how I changed my life for the better.
@Belladonna, you are completely right and have given me some useful tips! It is a great thing to be able to "borrow" ideas from other places and recreate them in your own way! Particularly when you connect with a song/novel. I think that these days the internet is full of stories that I can connect to and can help my creative juices flow!
