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How to write lyrics

Write lyrics for a song

Lyrics = internal emotion+external association

The transformation from emotion (basic unit) to internal emotion is the essential transformation process of lyrics.

Emotion is the truest, most beautiful, purest and strongest emotion (the true emotion of the soul).

Emotion constitutes "thought". "People are thinking reeds, and thoughts make people great."

The ideological pursuit is far-sighted, commanding the overall situation, with grand themes and profound thoughts.

External association promotes emotion to the realm of beauty, which is the external transformation process of lyrics.

Be related to ...

Things that appear at the same time or successively in space and time, and are similar or opposite in external characteristics and meanings, are reflected and linked in the human brain. As long as one thing appears in the future, it will cause another thing associated with it to appear in your mind. This is Lenovo. The emergence of an idea is bound to be accompanied by the emergence of another similar or opposite idea, or it has appeared at the same time in the past experience.

Association is a psychological phenomenon that psychologists studied earlier. So far, people have summed up four general association rules, namely, close association, similar association, comparative association and causal association.

Four laws of association

1) similar association

It is to think of other similar things or phenomena from one thing or phenomenon, and then produce some new ideas. Such as dung beetles and cultivators. There is a man named Yao in Sichuan. He was surprised to find that dung beetles can roll a mass of soil dozens of times heavier than themselves, but they can't pull much lighter soil. He has been driving a tractor for several years, and he thought: Can you learn from dung beetles's method of rolling clods, and put the tractor plow in front of the power of the farming body and the tractor power plow in the back? After experiments, he designed a micro-tiller with single track except the working parts of the front plow, which used driving force instead of traction and broke through the traditional structure.

2) Close to Lenovo

It is a way of thinking that associates things according to their proximity in space or time, and then produces some new ideas. For example, when Su Dongpo was a local official in Hangzhou, many places in the West Lake had been silted up and became the so-called "fertile land" at that time. Su Dongpo visited the West Lake many times and repeatedly considered how to dredge it to reproduce the beauty of the West Lake. One day, he thought, it would be great if the silt dug out of the lake was piled up into a long dike running through the north and south, which not only facilitated the tourists coming and going, but also increased the scenic spots and beautiful scenery of the West Lake. Su Gong's clever plan can kill several birds with one stone.

3) Comparison and association

Refers to the association of things with opposite nature or characteristics. For example, from desert to forest, from light to darkness and so on. Contrastive association embodies the harmony and unity of individuality and individuality between things, but things show great differences in a certain * * * feature, thus forming a strong contrast. For example, red and black are caused by the refraction of light, which is * * *; But the former is the result that an object absorbs light of other colors and reflects red light, and the latter is the result that an object absorbs light of all colors, which is personality.

4) Causal correlation

The law of causality refers to the connection between things that are logically causal. When you see the wet ground in the morning, you will think that it may have rained at night. This causal relationship is often used in advertisements to reveal that a commodity can meet a certain consumption need, and to link the concept of commodity with the concept of need to highlight the personality of the product.

External association = association+expression or expression.

Expression or expressive skills

Expressions are divided into narrative, description, explanation, lyricism and discussion;

A word can be expressed mainly in one way, and other expressions can also be used at the same time; Choose one expression as the main expression and use other expressions comprehensively.

Taken together, "expression" should be the method and form used to express thoughts and feelings with language, art, music and action.

Detailed comments

(1) narrative. Narration is the most basic and common expression in writing. It is the author's narration and account of characters experience and events, as well as the transformation of scene and space.

(2) description. Description is an expression that describes the appearance and form of an object and reproduces it to readers. It is one of the main forms of narration, especially literary creation. It is sometimes used as an auxiliary means in general lyricism, discussion and elaboration. If the description is used well, it can be vivid and vivid, so that readers can see this person, hear his voice, feel at home, and get a strong artistic infection from it. Description of appearance, expression, psychological activity and action.

(3) lyric. Lyric is to express and express the author's feelings. It is the main expression in lyric style, and it is often used as an important auxiliary expression in general literary works and narratives.

(4) discussion. Discussion refers to the author's comments on a discussion object to show his views and attitudes. Its function is to make the article clear and profound, with strong philosophical and theoretical depth. In argumentative writing, it is the main expression; It is often used as an auxiliary means of expression in general narrative, expository or literary works.

(5) description. Description is an expression that clearly explains the shape, nature, characteristics, causes, relationships and functions of things in concise words. Some explained objects are physical things, such as mountains, rivers, flowers, trees, buildings, utensils and so on. Some are abstract truths, such as thoughts, consciousness, self-cultivation, viewpoints, concepts, principles, technologies, etc. Interpretation methods include enumerating numbers, classifying, comparing, giving examples, analogy, defining, imitating, explaining, drawing charts and quoting.

technique of expression

Express your will by holding objects, writing scenes, lyrical narration, lyrical expression, straightforward narration, flashback and narrative comparison. Zhang Xianzhi symbolizes imagination, caring for feelings, setting off scenery, setting off the beauty of supports, setting off sadness, rendering reality and reality, combining profile description with positive description, expressing emotions directly and indirectly, and expressing emotions first.

Finally, the best way to write well.

Is to stick to these rules and keep practicing.