Comments on: Writing Short Stories: Lessons from Singer-songwriters https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/writing-short-stories-lessons-from-singer-songwriters/ A Blog On Writing Thu, 19 Dec 2024 07:03:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: 🖋 Writing Links Round Up 11/6 – B. Shaun Smith https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/writing-short-stories-lessons-from-singer-songwriters/#comment-161047 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 20:39:39 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=48513#comment-161047 […] Writing Short Stories: Lessons from Singer-songwriters […]

]]> By: Barbara Ann Mealer https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/writing-short-stories-lessons-from-singer-songwriters/#comment-160696 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 00:44:51 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=48513#comment-160696 I love Chapin, Croce, and Tom T. Hall. All great storytellers. I've learned to cut my short stories so they use less words to get the point across. Great pos.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/writing-short-stories-lessons-from-singer-songwriters/#comment-160190 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:40:40 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=48513#comment-160190 In reply to Eldred Bird.

I absolutely hear you on this one. Jimmy Buffett somehow managed to just tap into "happy." What a gift.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/writing-short-stories-lessons-from-singer-songwriters/#comment-160189 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:38:18 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=48513#comment-160189 The three songs that make me stop and listen, with my throat aching...EVERY time:

* Landslide (Stevie Nicks)

* Wide Open Spaces (Dixie Chicks)

* Leader of the Band (Dan Fogelberg)

And I had no idea Chapin was such a prolific songwriter- I love tons of his songs (that I didn't know were his)!

]]> By: Maggie J https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/writing-short-stories-lessons-from-singer-songwriters/#comment-160188 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:32:32 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=48513#comment-160188 In reply to Eldred Bird.

"His music was part of the soundtrack of my life."

Great line, Bob. I'm glad you know and admire his work too.

Your post today was a great example of how one art form enhances another. Music, writing, art ... They all let us express how we see the world.

~ Maggie

]]> By: Eldred Bird https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/writing-short-stories-lessons-from-singer-songwriters/#comment-160187 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:06:14 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=48513#comment-160187 In reply to Maggie J.

Great choice, Maggie. I grew up on Gordon Lightfoot's music. I think My sister and brother-in-law had just about everything he ever recorded. His music was part of the soundtrack of my life.

]]> By: Maggie J https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/writing-short-stories-lessons-from-singer-songwriters/#comment-160186 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:31:51 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=48513#comment-160186 Gordon Lightfoot has been my favourite singer/songwriter for over 50 years, and the influence of his lyrics on my writing has been profound. Lightfoot was part of Toronto’s Yorkville coffee house scene back in the late 1960s, and he went on to write and perform over 500 songs. He toured right up until a few weeks before his death on May 1st of this year. He was 84. Lightfoot wrote about life, love, loss, loneliness and longing. He used simple words to create the vivid images that told his stories.

Some of my personal favourites:
Early Morning Rain
Song For A Winter’s Night
Home From The Forest
Beautiful
The Last Time I Saw Her Face
Steel Rail Blues
Second Cup Of Coffee
Spanish Moss
Affair on Fifth Avenue
Hi’way Songs

(My cat Jenny loves his music too, but I think the subtlety of his lyrics is beyond her.)

]]> By: Denise https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/writing-short-stories-lessons-from-singer-songwriters/#comment-160184 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 04:04:30 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=48513#comment-160184 Taylor Swift.

]]> By: EDITH FAUST https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/writing-short-stories-lessons-from-singer-songwriters/#comment-160183 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:47:37 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=48513#comment-160183 Hey good one. Check your email for some of my favorites.

]]> By: Eldred Bird https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/09/writing-short-stories-lessons-from-singer-songwriters/#comment-160181 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 22:58:10 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=48513#comment-160181 In reply to Barb DeLong.

I love it, Barb! I can't believe I didn't think of that one.

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