 | Writing Better Lyrics by Pat Pattison
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $8.98 Pattison's masterpiece -- worth it for Chapter 2 on metaphor alone. (I once complimented Pattison on his work on chapter 2, and thanked him for writing it.)
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 | The Craft of Lyric Writing by Sheila Davis
Buy used from: $2.91 Will make you think about lyric writing in more detail than ever before.
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 | Songwriting: Essential Guide to Rhyming: A Step-by-Step Guide to Better Rhyming and Lyrics (Songwriting Guides) by Pat Pattison
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $8.82 The definitive book on rhyming. You'll have plenty of "a-ha!" moments with this one.
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 | Songwriting: Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure: Tools and Techniques for Writing Better Lyrics (Songwriting Guides) by Pat Pattison
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $6.99 The definitive book on song structure.
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 | How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar-Playing and Songwriting Course by Rikky Rooksby
Buy used from: $2.87 Very instructive, even for non-guitar-players. Will clarify relationships between songs and open up new possibilities for creating original songs.
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 | Melody in Songwriting: Tools and Techniques for Writing Hit Songs (Berklee Guide) by Jack Perricone
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $11.97 A great guide to melody. If you're good at lyrics but not so hot at melody, reading this would be a great start to balancing that.
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 | Craft and Business of Songwriting 3rd Edition (Craft & Business of Songwriting) by John Braheny
Buy new: $15.63 / Used from: $9.66 Essential. Will help you consider aspects of songwriting you may never have thought of.
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 | 2007 Songwriter's Market
Buy new: $13.67 / Used from: $0.01 When you're ready to pitch those finely crafted songs, this is the place to look.
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