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Pat Pattison is a professor at Berklee College of Music.

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Metaphors are not user-friendly. They're difficult to find and difficult to use well. Unfortunately, metaphors are a mainstay of good lyric writing-indeed of most creative writing. . . . metaphors support lyrics like bones.

Bones, Creative, Good, Metaphors, Support, Writing

YOU CAN'T TELL UNLESS YOU SHOW FIRST. . . . Showing makes the telling more powerful because your senses and your mind are both engaged.

Mind, Powerful, Senses, Show, Writing

What is the character trying to say? Why? Be as specific as you can, using sense images that evoke something about the character. Try using the character's senses, even if the character is you.

Character, Images, Say, Trying, Using, Writing

Never let reality get in the way of truth

Let, Reality, Truth, Way

Don't be afraid to write crap - it makes the best fertilizer. The more you write the better your chances of growing something wonderful.

Chance, Fertilizer, Growing, Write, Writing

Songs are your best teachers. I try to learn something from every song I hear

Hear, Learn, Song, Teacher, Teachers, Trying

Chita Rivera

Chita Rivera

Immanuel Velikovsky

Immanuel Velikovsky

Freddy Cannon

Freddy Cannon

Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton

Tom Daschle

Tom Daschle

Jessica Walsh

Jessica Walsh

Jim Boeheim

Jim Boeheim

Hilda Solis

Hilda Solis

Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen

Fuller Albright

Fuller Albright

Brett Weston

Brett Weston

Lisa Vanderpump

Lisa Vanderpump