Q: best way to edit drafts of songs? i have so many drafts. i need to make them into actual things right now they are like stream of consciousness stuff. or should i just keep generating content until i feel like molding it and editing it into actual songs? i don't know what to do or what i want except i guess to feel happier / more content
A: put every item into a list / inventory, so you know what you have. then, by some method, (chronologically, randomized, .... your choice), go through each one and open up a conversation about it, talk about it. think about the origins of it. and then just diagnose whatever seems to be getting in the way of it expressing that true original purpose. then start from the beginning, and keep starting again from the beginning and stop whenever it's not good enough. and keep working on it until the whole thing is good all the way through. sometimes you need time to pass before getting a new clean run through, but sometimes i can trick my mind into a reset by touching the door of the room i'm in, and returning