Songwriting Track
Four Tuesday evenings in July 2026 · with Doug McArthur
Know the Rules So You Can Break Them
Song structure, alternative forms, the Hero’s Journey, and a hands-on skeleton-building activity.
Open Deck →
What Are You Actually Saying?
Topic vs. subject, the power of specificity, and the Zoom-In Map — writing from the scene, not from the sky.
Open Deck →
What Do You Sound Like?
Voice, language, and lyric. Writing from the inside vs. writing about. The cliché ban and the Rewrite Game.
Open Deck →
How Do You Finish Anything?
From fragment to finished song. The Minimum Viable Draft and the Assembly Session sprint.
Open Deck →