Time to Stretch
This week will be fairly simple: spend fifteen minutes a day stretching. Why stretching? Regular exercise, like stretching, can boost your creativity. I suggest starting your day off with stretching rather than doing it another…
Reading Magazines for Creative Ideas
As easy as it is to read blogs and e-books, sometimes it’s nice to have a hard copy to hold in your hands and read. While any kind of reading can spark creativity, magazines have…
Starry Starry Night
One of my favorite things is being outside in the stillness of the night, looking up at the sky. There is a natural creativity built into it. This week, spend fifteen minutes staring at the stars…
Connect the Dots – A Random Word Writing Exercise
Generally speaking, when we start writing a song, we have a subject and possibly a list of key words. To make that a little more difficult, this week’s random word writing exercise starts with a…
Don’t Think Outside the Box
I’m sure you’ve heard it before – you have to think outside the box. Many times we put ourselves in a creative box. It feels like there’s no solution to the problem we’re having. Break…
Use This Artistic Exercise to Release Your Inner Child and Build Creative Confidence
If there’s one thing my daughter loves to do, it’s anything artsy. It’s very rare for her to go a day without drawing, painting, or coloring something. Many people start out life like my daughter,…
Creative Exercises to Help Break Your Creative Block
Welcome, and thank you for reading the LyricWell blog! To start things off, I am going to post eight weekly creative exercises. Each one is a chapter from my upcoming book Break Your Creative Block and…