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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.

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A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.

If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.

The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster.