Comments on: What To Do When Your Song… Bores You

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 06:27:47 +0000

In reply to Wally.

Thanks, Wally, for reading and commenting!
There doesn’t seem to be any duplication, and your thoughts are always welcome here.
Best wishes,
Tony

By: Wally

Wally — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:11:32 +0000

In reply to Wally. When I posted this comment I got a message that I had made it previously. It is probably about "sweat" and, if that is the case, I sincerely apologize for repeating myself and you are most welcome to delete my comment, Tony.

By: Wally

Wally — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:05:36 +0000

A long time ago I read a story in the Reader’s Digest – yes, I am that old- about a writer
of Western paperbacks, who. was so prolific that he had to use many pseudo names, to keep the market from being flooded with his works. He said something that made quite an impression on me, “He who would write a living word must sweat.”
There was a time when I wanted to write but no longer do, while having conceded that I will not able to stop. Now I write poetry-which will not leave me alone-and still always try to do the best that I possibly can, so I sweat a lot. I could say more about my experiences but I know that everybody “writes poetry,” so that in itself is not a big thing and I’m long past the days of “vanity.”
The reason for posting this is to share the line about sweating, to show that it affects even the most successful people- in any endeavor, not just writing – with the hope that it might be an encouragement to someone who reads this, by knowing that he/she has a lot of company in the sauna. I’ve Googled and searched quote books, trying to find the name of that famous writer but I’ve been able to do unable to do so and regret that I cannot share it.
Thanks for the time and personal revelations that you put into this blog, Tony. Though I try to not write I really enjoy reading your posts and the responses to them.

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 14:39:50 +0000

In reply to Wayne Somerville.

Wayne,
Thanks for reading and writing. It sounds like we’re on the same page here!
Best wishes,
Tony

By: Wayne Somerville

Wayne Somerville — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 14:16:48 +0000

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” …Robert Frost. I agree that writing is rewriting, but there has to be something worth saving, some little magic in the song to begin with or you may just be beating a dead horse. Having said that, I think in the end songwriting is a mysterious thing but mostly hard work.