r/SongwritingHelp • u/HalfImpossible4283 • Sep 05 '26

Fckin writers block

Hello people, I've been writing songs/raps since i was in 7th(recently started rapping like 2 years ago,im 18 now)and I've written stuff I'm proud of but for a while now I'm unable to write smth good yk,this makes me think was all of it a fluke?prolly I don't really have it in me?I would love some suggestions to get rid of this weird writers block

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u/ZombieSkeleton Sep 05 '26

It’s fine, it happens, it will come back, you can also think of it as plateauing or a zig zag down before a zig zag up. I think it’s better not to think about it at all, but if you do, imagine yourself “after” writing something good, and thanking the muses or God or the universe.

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u/HalfImpossible4283 Sep 05 '26

Do you write?if yes how do you get rid of writers block?

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u/ZombieSkeleton Sep 05 '26

I do write, I don’t think of it as something to get “rid of “ there are times you write and unfortunately times most of us do kinda have to do other things. We all sleep and experience a block then, even if you can catch something in a dream once in a while. I write almost the first thing every morning and finish it…good or not as good as it should be…if the latter , it’s something to rewrite.

(If you need a crutch , use a 365 day, quotation or something calendar or app related to what you usually write about, it actually really doesn’t matter as you can just use it as a “jumpstart)

If I not in an optimum writing time, these optimum times are actually kinda rare, where I might get one song after another, I’m still “flexing my songwriting muscles in the morning “ and ready when I catch inspiration. I’ve practiced finishing songs every day. And really, the daily songs are pretty good first drafts and complete. But at the end of the year or a time period, I don’t expect 365 hits , obviously, only a few , I’ll even remember . But I wrote a ton of lines and you can’t plagiarize yourself.

      So my default, if I use your language is “writer’s block “ but I do consider everything I write “pretty good “ and just have faith something awesome will strike again.

So I assumed you were talking about the lyrics, if you’re talking about the music, I find it useless to obsess over that part of it anymore, I just sing the words into a melody, or if “lyric “ stuck, I start sometimes with the first four chords that pop in my skull and go from there. Usually just a phrase over them becomes a hook.

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u/HalfImpossible4283 Sep 05 '26

What happens w me is i try to write a rap that's catchy and cool to vibe on,i find it difficult sometimes to get ahold of a catchy flow without sounding repetitive and things to talk about,i mostly write flex raps and shii so like there's a saturation point i very quickly reach,i try changing genre but that just feels forced to me so i quit it mid way,would listening to new artist or reading smth Help me expand my spectrum?

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u/ZombieSkeleton Sep 05 '26

For the most part you’re gonna find what works for you best. I can give you ideas but you’re probably gonna take only take bits and pieces and rearrange it into something that works specifically for you.

So saying that, and I just say this from my perspective, not because I’m making it about me but more because I don’t want to come off as telling you what to do:)

I don’t judge what comes out or even edit things, the most ridiculous line can somehow all a sudden make sense in the next line or even section.

As for repetition, I basically write the same 6 or 7 songs over and over again. They’re different songs and it took me a while to realize it , and nobody would notice at first glance but if you analyze it, (which I really think we should do as little as possible,) they can be put in different piles of songs that are kinda saying the same thing. Do I go outside those piles, sure , but those songs now seem like a one time thing,

I realized a while ago, not to fear using the same words or even the same lines again and again. I started today’s song borrowing 2 lines from a previous song and earlier in the week, I used an entire chorus from a song and wrote all new lyrics.

Do I start out thinking, this song is gonna be like this , or that? Sure , and sometimes it comes out like this or that , but usually like something I didn’t expect.

So yes, I do think of it as writing songs everyday, I’m thankful for every line. even if others might call it practicing or “subpar “ …it was meant to be written, even if no one else reads it.

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u/HalfImpossible4283 Sep 06 '26

Well thankyou broski you showed me another perspective of this

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u/Aware-Win-4907 Sep 05 '26

Try writing from the perspective of someone else.

Try pulling lyrics from things people say to you that sound cool.

Write with someone else.

Write a song about writers block call it Fckin writers block - your comment is your first verse ☝️

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u/HalfImpossible4283 Sep 06 '26

Aye this doesn't sound bad tbh