Ott, when I first began writing lyrics in 2008, it was one every 2 or 3 weeks, I think. Mainly because it was so exciting to have the creative juices flowing again after a long hiatus. When I began last year with the 50/90 challenge and did the FAWM and 50/90 challenges this year, I managed a lyric every 1-2 days over the fixed periods of time (e.g. 14 in 28 days or 50 in 90 days - this year I did 54 in 72 days crazy ).

When the challenges were over, however, I spent the following weeks/months revising several of the lyrics I'd written and focusing on finding collaborators, etc. I only wrote a couple of new lyrics after each of the challenges (e.g. since finishing the 50/90 on September 2, I've written only 2-3 lyrics). I'm finding this works fine at the moment, as it means I can get on with pays-the-bills work and other Life things, and not be pressuring myself to crank stuff out every day. It's about setting priorities that I'm comfortable with. (Though I agree the "write-something-every-day" notion is a good one in terms of it being a useful exercise. ) However, I do write down hooks/titles and ideas as they come to me. I'll be looking at them in earnest when FAWM starts in about 7 weeks. wink

Guess it boils down to doing what feels best and gets the most pleasing results. At the end of a given year, I'd rather have half a dozen decent lyrics/songs than a slew of questionable lyrics and no songs. wink

As for critiquing - here and elsewhere - time permitting, I try to average a couple a day. While I also like to give constructive feedback and encouragement to newcomers, I generally focus on lyrics by people whom I know are serious about revising.

Donna

Honour the Earth. Without it, we'd be nowhere.

Life is too important to take seriously.