This document provides an introduction and overview of the first week of a songwriting course. It outlines the learning outcomes, which are to understand the assessment methods, identify two daily writing exercises, and use object writing to find one's unique voice. It then discusses different daily writing exercises like artists' pages and object writing. Object writing involves focusing senses on an object for 10 minutes without stopping. The document models this with examples and has students practice it in small groups.

1. SONGWRITING 1
Week 1

2. INTRODUCTION
➤ Megan Rogerson-Berry
➤ megan.berry2@wintec.ac.nz
➤ Facebook: Megan Rogerson-Berry Mediarts
➤ Phone: 07 834 8800 ext 3291

3. LEARNING OUTCOMES
➤ By the end of today’s session, students will be able to:
1. Understand the assessment methods for this course
2. Identify and describe 2 different daily writing exercises
3. Use object writing as a tool for finding their unique voice

4. ADMIN
➤ Moodle Overview
➤ Course Outline
➤ Weekly Schedule
➤ Required Materials
➤ Assessment 1
➤ Assessment 2

5. SONGWRITER MINGLING
➤ Who are your 5 favourite songwriters?
➤ Write them down, find someone who has at least one of the
same answers
➤ Discuss: What makes them so good in your opinion?
➤ Share your findings with the class.

6. ➤ Create 2 SMART goals for yourself for this semester
➤ Specific
➤ Measurable
➤ Achievable
➤ Realistic
➤ Time-based

7. ➤ What’s the difference between a professional and a hobby
writer?

8. Professional Hobby
Craft ‘Talent’
Active learner/listener Isolated
Perspiration Inspiration
Versitile One-trick pony
9-5 Sporadic

9. How do we become
professional writers?

10. ““If you want to be good at anything, you have to
work hard at it. It doesn’t just fall from the sky. I
work every day at trying to improve my writing, and
I really enjoy it. Nothing fascinates me more than
putting words together, and seeing how a collection
of words can produce quite a profound effect.”
–PJ Harvey

11. ““Inspiration is a word used by people
who aren’t really doing anything. I go
into my office every day that I’m in
Brighton and work. Whether I feel like it
or not is irrelevant.'”
–Nick Cave

12. DAILY WRITING EXERCISES
➤ Why is it important to write daily?
➤ What are some daily writing activities you have tried?

13. ARTISTS PAGES
➤ Julia Cameron
➤ Write 3 pages by hand every morning.
➤ Can be about anything
➤ If you don’t know what to write about - write that

14. OBJECT WRITING
➤ Pat Pattison
➤ 10 minutes only every morning
➤ Pick an object and focus your senses on that object - write for
10 minutes, keeping sense-bound and free flowing.

15. SENSES
➤ Sight
➤ Hearing
➤ Smell
➤ Touch
➤ Taste
➤ Organic
➤ Kinaesthetic

16. WORKSHOP
➤ Object writing - 10 minutes
➤ Read out 5 examples

17. OBJECT WRITING PARTY
➤ 8 minute object writing
➤ Read in small groups
➤ 5 minute object writing
➤ Read in small groups

18. REVIEW
➤ What are the two assessments for this course?
➤ What are two different daily writing exercises?
➤ How does object writing work?