Pat Pattison On The Inspiration Behind Creative Writing: Poetry

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In this interview, Berklee College of Music Professor and Berklee Online course author, Pat Pattison, discusses the inspiration behind his development of Creative Writing: Poetry, a course for writers-songwriters, poets, and anyone who wants to write more effectively.
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About Pat Pattison
Pat Pattison is an author, clinician and Berklee Professor of Lyric Writing and Poetry whose students have composed for major artists and written number one songs. At Berklee, he developed the curriculum for the only songwriting major in the country. His books, including Songwriting: Essential Guide to Rhyming and Songwriting: Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure, are recognized as definitive in their genre, and have earned many ecstatic reviews. His clinics are attended by songwriters all over the country, and his articles appear regularly in a variety of industry publications.

[@claytonroyes8141]

This guy is great... open my eyes everytime I watch him.

[@thescowlingschnauzer]

Thanks for the tip, Pat. I'll be hunting down that Leonard Bernstein lecture now.

[@JohnGuitarSolo]

Thank you for sharing this wonder interview John

[@RyanBizarri]

Thanks Pat!!

[@jackpaice]

quite enlightening indeed! very bright bloke :)

[@beakf1]

What books do you use at Berklee on HOW TO WRITE POETRY.I want to use it more for songwriting.If anyone has any recommendations it would be nice :)

[@maksimantonyuk7037]

What DVD set Pat is talking about at the very end?

[@ximenaximenaxime]

I think he's referring to the lecture Leonard Bernstein gave at Harvard. If you type "music phonology" in the search engine on youtube, you'll find his lecture.

[@stellabandante2727]

Melody is the face, harmony is the soul. It seems that creating formulae for writing songs produces songs that sound formulaic. I would love to hear one of these students he is coaching write something that is memorable, rather than making things that fit the "guidelines", and therefore sound generic. I'll keep browsing. He knows what he means, and is a respected instructor, but in the end - it's the music.

[@dime7612]

So stagnant

[@timespaceperspective701]

a true artist needs no course, you can't teach inspiration

[@maksimantonyuk7037]

He can. Go read his book, listen to his course (available at Coursera) and you shall see. It is simply amazing.

[@maroangel8525]

+Time+space=perspective a lazy artist needs no course. I think I can teach how to find inspiration.

[@Heroicchampionundergod]

A course can provide inspiration. Teaching is an art itself, close mindedness is your enemy. I may be inferring too deeply into your comment but It seems clear you want to be a song called true artist yourself. Are you waiting for someone to tell you that it's okay to be what you want to be? The most valuable times you will ever know are also be the most difficult ones you've ever seen. You'll see more than that and you'll be ready when the time comes, but you'll never see that day if you don't look at yourself look at your life and start making decisions that you believe in.

[@Heroicchampionundergod]

+Joseph Benjamin So called*

[@Heroicchampionundergod]

+Joseph Benjamin Are also going to be*