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001 2009019233
003 DLC
005 20160226101250.0
008 090507s2009 ohug b 001 0 eng
020 9781582975771
020 1582975779
035 (OCoLC)ocn320622261
040 DLC|cDLC|dC#P|dBWX|dQBX|dYDXCP|dUKM|dCRH|dDLC
050 MT 67 P3
082 00 782.42164/0268|222
100 1 Pattison, Pat,|d1942-|eauthor.
245 10 Writing better lyrics :|bthe essential guide to powerful
songwriting /|cPat Pattison ; foreword by Gillian Welch.
250 2nd ed.
260 Cincinnati, Ohio :|bWriter's Digest Books,|cc2009.
300 vi, 298 p. :|bmusic ;|c22 cm.
505 0 Foreword / Gillian Welch -- Introduction -- 1. Object
writing : the art of the diver -- 2. Rusty's collar : a
lesson in showing and telling -- 3. Making metaphors -- 4.
Learning to say no : building worksheets -- 5. Clichés :
the sleeping puppy (a case study) -- 6. Productive
repetition -- 7. Verse development and power positions --
8. Travelogues : verse continuity -- 9. Stripping your
repetition for repainting -- 10. Perspectives -- 11. Point
of view : second person and the hangman -- 12. Point of
view : second person as narrative -- 13. Dialogue and
point of view -- 14. Meter : something in common -- 15.
Spotlighting with common meter -- 16. Meter : two by two -
- 17. Managing couplets -- 18. Prosody : structure as film
score -- 19. Understanding motion -- 20. Form follows
function : building the perfect beast -- 21. The great
balancing act : courting danger on the high wire -- 22.
Song forms : (im) potent packages -- 23. Song forms : (im)
potent packages II -- 24. Process -- Appendix. Co-writing
: the "no"-free zone -- Permissions -- Index.
650 0 Lyric writing (Popular music)
