Lyric Writing Exercises: a 5-Day Workshop Guest post by Maria Rainier If you’re anything like most songwriters, you’re all too familiar with that frustrating sensation of being stuck in a rut. You know it’s important to write something – anything – every day, but there are times when that just seems impossible. Maybe you don’t have enough energy, you might be too critical of your first attempts, or you could be missing out on the muse. Day 1: Research Mix & Match The first step is to give yourself something interesting to work with. Day 2: Collaborative Brainstorming Contact a friend by chat or email. Day 3: Titles & Nuggets Using what you’ve written from the previous two exercises (or relying on your notebook), construct some potential song titles. Day 4: Songwriting Surgery Now, pick a popular song that appeals to you and completely rewrite the lyrics. Day 5: Open Season Using the lyrics you wrote for the popular song, create your own work of art. Related Articles Maria Rainier is a freelance writer and blog junkie.
untitled A Homebuilt Climbing Wall Located in Our Garage Details Located in our 2.5 car garage 8' high, 20' long 2x6 vertical supports ("stringers") for the overhanging/declining sections with 2x4 cross members for stiffness 115-160 T-nuts/holes per panel Built in July through September, 2005 So far, I've spent 40 hours building this wall. Eventually, I'd like to construct a roof section. Climbing Wall Photos Framing and Construction of Our Home-made Rock Climbing Wall Rafter brace Stringer framing Walkway behind the wall Stringer framing at rafters Corner framing Partial paneling Climbing wall corner framing Climbing On the Wall Climbing Wall Video (6 MB) (on our old wall at our former house) Advice In the past, I recommended "Home Climbing Gyms, How to build and use" by Randy Leavitt, which was available through Climbing Magazine. What follows is some advice to someone who emailed me... Steeper (more overhung) is probably better, especially if you climb at 5.10 or above. Let me know what you think:
The 100 Best Books of All Time Many publishers have lists of 100 best books, defined by their own criteria. This article enumerates some lists of "100 best" books for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by Pringle. Lists[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]
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