The Anatomy Of Construction – A Writers Resource You Must Visit

Whether we write songs, poetry, articles, essays or prose, we are all writers.

We all experience the highs and lows of writing in exactly the same way. We feel elated when we finish something and we feel frustrasted when we don’t.

Writers of all disciplines have a lot to learn from each other.

I want to introduce to you a very good friend of mine. His name is Tom but he is known online as BT Cassidy.

He describes himself as “…a bandit journalist working freelance, and occasionally a novelist. An experienced reviewer, with a talent for writing “Living” reviews. Writing is as much a part of my life as eating and sleeping. I hope to one day never have to work a real job.”

As you can see, Tom loves to write. He writes everyday and he writes a lot.

On average Tom writes about 15000 words a day. He is living proof of what happens when you put your writing process into laser focused action.

It would be a gross understatement to say that Tom is incredibly prolific.

The reason why I’m telling you this is that one of the blogs he’s created is a blog about writing and the creative process. It’s called The Anatomy Of Construction

Tom describes The Anatomy Of Construction in this way:

“I believe we can all write, and all have stories to tell. The Anatomy Of Construction is a graphic novel in development that is designed to unlock the writer in everyone – from novice, to genius.”

I challenge anyone to go to any page on his blog and not find some pearl of wisdom that you can use for your songwriting process.

From time to time I will be highlighting some of Toms writing tips and his wonderful words of encouragement, and directly relating them to the songwriting process. Watch this space for that.

I strongly recommend that you visit The Anatomy Of Construction and visit it often as it gets updated daily.

When you do make sure that you leave a comment or two. The great thing about Tom is that he replies to everyone.

Tell him Corey sent you.

Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Songwriting Resources

10 Comments to The Anatomy Of Construction – A Writers Resource You Must Visit

damyantig says:

March 19, 2008 at 9:54 am

Thanks for the tip. Will head over there and have a look!

http://amloki.blogspot.com

Corey Stewart says:

March 19, 2008 at 10:07 am

You are very welcome Damyanti

From my research into different writing blogs (including your own blog which is a really good resource I might add) , I’m finding that they have a lot more information about the creative process than songwriting blogs.

I really believe that songwriters can learn a lot from writers of other disciplines.

I have linked to your blog. Let me know what you think of The Anatomy Of Construction.

Have a great day,

Corey

damyantig says:

March 19, 2008 at 1:28 pm

I liked the site you recommended Corey, and I am glad you like my blog enough to link to it:)

I am linking back to you, so I can come by often.

Corey Stewart says:

March 19, 2008 at 1:38 pm

I’m glad you liked it. I thought you would.

You blog is an excellent writers resource and it deserves to be seen by others.

Thank you for the linkback. I really appreciate it.

Corey

mychelle.music says:

March 24, 2008 at 5:43 am

I was led to Songwriting Zen today and have been reading for the past hour. Thank you for Songwriting Zen; I appreciate you.

Corey Stewart says:

March 24, 2008 at 9:52 am

Thank you Mychelle for your kind words. I appreciate the time you’ve taken to read what is on Songwriting Zen.

It’s great to see that people have been coming in and making themselves comfortable and spending some time reading and absorbing the information.

Was there anything you read in particular that you gravitated to? I’d love to know.

Keep on writing Mychelle and all the best,

Corey

mychelle.music says:

March 25, 2008 at 3:08 pm

“Was there anything you read in particular that you gravitated to?”

How much time do you have, Corey?

I can’t really express what I was looking for when I typed “songwriting” into my Google Reader “Search and Browse” Box yesterday, but I was in need of something. And when Songwriting Zen came up and I began reading your posts, I found it.

As I read, I became aware that I’ve had so many of the same realizations recently – like songs “starting to appear” after I give myself permission to write when I realize that I’m in charge.

I recently participated in FAWM (February Album Writing Month; write 14 songs in 28 days [leap year: 14 ½ songs]) and now I have a newly found respect for E-V-E-R-Y song idea that I’m blessed to be a vessel for. I record musical ideas on my cell phone and I am quick to write down a phrase or a comment that catches me. It seems that now that I have intentionally set out to keep up my FAWM songwriting pace, my awareness is heightened.

Now I write whatever I feel and I’m proud of the fact that I wrote it. Occasionally, I have those moments when I get caught up and find myself staring at a blank sheet of paper, but what I realized as I was reading one of your posts was that only seems to happen when I’m more focused on the end result. How crazy is that? Nothing is even on the paper yet! Every day though, I’m becoming more present and really enjoying the process of being with each song. I can laugh at myself and have fun with it now that I’m creating daily.

On this post you wrote, “. . .writers of all disciplines have a lot to learn from each other.”

This is so true. We’re going through similar (if not the same) stuff. Thanks for mentioning BT’s site as well. Reading both of your posts keep me on task and in remembrance of what matters, too. Write! Right? It’s nice to know I’m not alone in this.

Corey Stewart says:

March 25, 2008 at 3:30 pm

How much time do I have Mychelle? Well, I have all the time in the world.

Thank you for sharing with me your insights. I’d love to hear more of them. Songwriting can be such a lonely craft so it’s wonderful to hear about the songwriting experiences of others.

I’d really like to know more about FAWM and your experiences with it. I had heard about it but was too late to participate.

FAWM is a very interesting concept and for me, a great way to put what I write in Songwriting Zen into practice. I would imagine FAWM would be a liberating event to participate in.

Mychelle, do you have a website? I’d love to link to your site from here.

Keep on writing,

Corey

mychelle.music says:

March 26, 2008 at 12:34 pm

Thank you, Corey.

I enjoyed FAWM. I decided to write songs in different genres and found myself picking up some great habits (as well as tips, resources and insights) during the process. The result of my having made the commitment to myself to complete the challenge has been that I now write daily.

Thanks for offering to link to my site; currently, I’m a “work in process”, but I will keep you posted!

Corey Stewart says:

March 26, 2008 at 12:45 pm

“Thanks for offering to link to my site; currently, I’m a “work in process”, but I will keep you posted”

No worries. As soon as you have something up online please let me know.

Corey