# What is the daily work of songwriting? [[Collect words]]. Collect interesting words and phrases. Free-write. Write poetry.[^1] [[Collect sounds]]. Stockpile music. Make demos. Practice. Learn other people's songs. Write parts for songs in-progress.[^1] Pair words and music.[^1] I tags words and melody by poetic meter, e.g. iambic quadrameter, kind of like hymn-writers do. Just doing one of these things a day is enough.[^1] [^1]: [[How to Write One Song]] ch. 5