#pretendpanel Jan 8

Tip 1: Every thought is an exclusive one-off performance.
Tip 2: Write everything down.

What exactly do my tips mean?

1) Think of every flash of inspiration as a single live performance. Even if you have the same thought again, like a live performance it differs with each session. Add on the detail that you are the only one in the audience, so only you know what went down.

That leads me to...

2) Write everything down.

Because you are the only one in the current audience, the only way your inspiration will get to a wider audience is if you write it down.

It will never be 100% of what's in your head. But if people do not give up on recorded music and even happily argue over the formats, you can take writing as a similar process to recording music.

Of course, just as recording technology has improved over time, your writing will also improve and get closer to the version in your head... but only if you keep iterating just as recorded music has.

So. Write. Everything. Down.