Find the Message at the Heart of Your Song

The Songwriter's Podcast with Anne Sibley

I created this exercise for my 5-Day Songwriting Challenge folks and I thought you might enjoy trying it.

(If you are looking for more information on my Online Songwriting Course that starts Jan 2025, just head to MY WEBSITE LINK HERE)

Getting To The Heart Of Your Song - Writing Exercise

Look at a song that you are working on and then journal on each one of these questions, take a few minutes at a time to fully answer them:

1. What do you think is the message at the heart of your song?
2. What is the feeling(s)?
3. What do you think this song needs to fully express itself?
4. If the song were unafraid to tell the truth, what would it say?

Now you might go back to your answers and circle any words or phrases that really pop out.

You might use the actual words or phrases in your song or they might just help you really tune in to the heart of your song and what it is trying to say so you can move forward with it.

Allow these questions to give you guidance to continue with your song.

You can also revisit this journaling while you continue working on your song. Whether you read over what you wrote or even ask the questions again.

It really helped to move forward with our songs after the first inspiration was written.

Yours in Songwriting,

Anne