Originally Posted By: MusicStudent
Is it possible that a person is able to ONLY write music and not lyrics?

Originally Posted By: dcuny
Writing lyrics first is much easier.

Hehehe, and here comes the oddball: I can do neither lyrics nor melody alone

Lyrics first: forget it. Kills me to find a suitable chord progression, let alone a melody.

Melody first: not a problem per se, but with every extra word I write, I change the melody because ... hmmm, dunno. It feels wrong.
A friend suggested it's some kind of synesthesia, but I don't know.
And there's no point in writing a melody if you change it later with each word, so I write both at the same time.

Maybe Dan can try a similar approach?