Write about what you know. What is close to the heart and universal in feeling and experience. Learn about song construction. How many verses before a chorus, etc. you can break rules , but good songs seldom do. There is a good songwriter’s rhyme book/ thesaurus out there. Know your strengths and weaknesses. What you lack either musically or poetically ,find someone to collaborate with to fill out what you may lack. And Never...never..let someone steal your stuff.
Best wishes.
Honey, I am just trying to find FReeper songwriters and have a discussion. Thanks for the pep talk.. I have been around (and I mean “around” jeez, I have some stories, I wish they were all pretty), just seeing who does what..
Thanks again.