The worst part of writing is the rewriting. and rewriting. and rewriting.
It is also the most important part. Very few writers get it right first time.
The first draft of Star Wars was apparently very different to the space quest we all love. (One of its main characters was called Deak StarKiller!
So what made it writer, George Lucas so successful was not his skill at writing first drafts, but his persistence at rewriting and reshaping the script.
With the lyrics for Singing Cyborgs, we found the first choice fitted the tune, but was very bloated. It is a great idea to "turn off the inner critic" for this stage, just get em done, fix em later.
The next step was to replace weak words like "I really think", "I know this is true", "Something" with powerful clashing image words.
It was also helpful to sing the words out loud, to reduce tongue twisters / out of breathiness.
Step 3,4,5,6 is to repeat step 2!
Step 158 is to know when to stop. So the lyrics are ready.
Unfortunately there will not be enough room inside the CD album booklet to squeeze all of the lyrics into.
We have compiled the lyrics, together with a few exclusive extras into an ebook.
Click the button below to visit Lulu who are hosting it.
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