Songwriting prompt of the week

Here is the 3rd (of 4) songwriting prompts for the Songwriting Groups I run (if you want more info on the groups, please check it out here).

I’m sharing the prompts here so anyone can join in (though of course, if you want the community, the deadline, and the feedback, jump into a group!).

Here is this week’s prompt:

Open a novel to a random page. Incorporate the first full sentence on the page into your lyric, either in full, or adapted.

Let it cross pollinate with you and your world. How does it connect? What does it make you think of? Does it remind you of anyone you know? How do they make you feel?

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Hi! Keppie Coutts and Ben Romalis are professional songwriters, composers, and music educators living in Sydney, Australia. You can find out more about them right here: https://howtowritesongs.org/about/

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