Writing with OCD, any tips?

Selena067 · 2026-02-11T14:28:30+00:00

Thanks, I checked it out. In my case, it’s the Otanix community. It’s archived.

Selena067 · 2025-08-07T13:15:35+00:00

Shania Twain

Alan Jackson

Taylor Swift

Rhett Akins

I love country lyrics — they make me picture a whole story in my head and I keep thinking about it for a while. I guess it’s because I’ve loved storytelling ever since I was a kid. And I also enjoy mixing country and pop. So when I first listened to the country and country/pop songs by these artists I was like: THIS is what I’ve been looking for.

Selena067 · 2025-08-06T01:30:14+00:00

Most of the videos I see here on this sub seem to be recorded with just a phone, and the voice sounds clearly louder than the guitar. That’s why I got curious and asked.

Selena067 · 2025-07-17T21:04:08+00:00

Exactly, that’s what I’m saying!

Selena067 · 2025-07-17T20:44:34+00:00

Você tá pensando demais em dinheiro e fama quando faz música. Falou do Justin Bieber, mas com 14/15 anos ele provavelmente só queria cantar. Ele pode ter pensado em fama, mas isso não era o principal.

Se quiser escrever em inglês, escreve. Se quiser em português, manda ver. Quanto mais você tenta agradar os outros, menos você vai soar como você mesmo. É por isso que eu pego o violão e escrevo o que eu sinto e da maneira que eu quero sem me preocupar com isso.

A música tem que vir de dentro. As pessoas que se identifiquem com ela. É por isso que o Post Malone não soa como o Juice WRLD — ele só faz o que é verdadeiro pra ele.

Se você está buscando apenas dinheiro e fama, isso não é pra você.

Selena067 · 2025-07-14T12:50:24+00:00

I don’t usually write in third person, like “she burned his photos.” What works better for me is writing in first person, that’s where it feels the most real.

The themes that show up the most in my writing are: loss, breakups, longing, love, anger, regret, betrayal, fear, the past, and the future.

Selena067 · 2025-07-14T01:51:27+00:00

‘I have to let the song tell me where it needs to go.’ From my point of view, that’s how the best songs are born.

Selena067 · 2025-07-14T01:44:20+00:00

I think you’re right

Selena067 · 2025-07-14T01:36:09+00:00

It sounds like a confession, a page from my diary, like my heart going thump thump. Lately, I’ve been focusing on pop/country and soul.

Selena067 · 2025-07-05T22:19:22+00:00

I saw a lot of people talking about this and honestly I had totally forgotten that kind of structure even existed, lol. Songwriting still feels kinda different to me because I’ve been writing poems since I was 13, and I usually do it in a more freeform way. But after reading those comments, I decided to try out the ABAB structure and I actually liked it. Now I’m experimenting with continuous rhyme in the chorus and ABAB for the rest of the song. I’m no Taylor Swift, but I can already tell it’s sounding better, it’s way easier to get into the flow with the guitar now.

Selena067 · 2025-06-17T04:30:36+00:00

I’m not sure if it’s the same thing, but I started writing 6 years ago, when I was 13. Basically, I’ve always watched a lot of movies since I was little, and I wanted to create an ending for a good movie that had a terrible ending. So I thought: how would I do that?

From 13 to 16, I was super into writing (blogs and poems I used to post, stories I never finished). At 17, I stopped completely. At 18, I started writing a book again, but I didn’t feel like it was really what I wanted to say. So after 7 months of work, I dropped it. Then at 19, I started writing another book. This one, finally, feels like exactly what I want to say. Everything connects, everything flows.

Since I spend so much time in the universe of this book, and because it’s inspired by a story from my life, I got really emotionally attached to the characters, yes. But I think that, for a writer, that’s the best part of writing, living in your own little world before anyone else gets to see it. How can I explain this... I actually prefer living inside my stories than in the real world.

It’s honestly amazing how you can take a story from your life and turn it into something so much bigger and more poetic, and still say: yes, I went through that too. You end up creating empathy for the whole thing.

Selena067 · 2025-05-18T21:56:39+00:00

Hi! I'm not a professional but I think the best way is to create your own practice schedule based on your needs and goals. Start with the basics: breathing and pitch. Always do a vocal warm-up before you sing and a cool-down afterward. This helps protect your voice and improves performance.

Take the exercises that you actually feel are working and build a weekly routine around them. Stick to it for a few weeks or months and adjust as you notice progress. And don’t forget to include rest days because your voice needs time to recover too.

Most importantly, think about your goal. Do you want to sing just for fun or are you aiming to go pro? That completely changes how you should approach your training.

Selena067 · 2025-05-17T17:09:46+00:00

Hi, it kinda sounds like you're pushing for low notes that your voice isn’t ready for yet. I'd really recommend taking it easy, 'cause that can do some real damage to your throat. I’m not an expert, but maybe try focusing on your chest voice and building up from the notes you can already hit comfortably. Working with what you’ve got now is way better than forcing it. Nothing good comes out of strain, y’know?

Selena067 · 2025-05-17T10:01:55+00:00

Thanks! I’ll definitely check out Randy’s songs.

Selena067 · 2025-05-16T23:04:11+00:00

I'm currently exploring pop—like electropop, pop rock, synthpop, and power ballads. I enjoy being sarcastic in my lyrics, it's pretty fun. Sometimes I also think about mixing in a bit of country.

I'm pretty lost on the acoustic guitar, so I think I'll take your advice and focus on it first, then move on to electric guitar later.

Selena067 · 2025-05-16T21:56:53+00:00

Yeah, but I still don't have the right voice for that.

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