HOW TO WRITE SONGS

Song map template

SECTION 1
What is the problem, tension, or conflict
driving this song?
When and where is the song world? Can
you use some imagery to paint that?
Who is singing? To whom are they
singing?

How does this set up the TITLE?

SECTION 2
What is the escalation of the problem,
tension or conflict?
What is the consequence of the initial
problem?
How else is the problem sensed?
What happens next?

How does this set up the TITLE from a

different angle? Does it intensify the
title, or is it merely the same idea as
Section 1 with different images (avoid!)?

SECTION 3
What is the final escalation of the conflict?
What is a different way to think of this?
How would you prefer the situation to be?
What will this look like a year from now?
If the previous sections were in the past tense,
what is the present moment? How is it different
than the past?

How does this set up the TITLE that's different

from Section 1 and 2?