--- product_id: 2698619 title: "Writing Better Lyrics" price: "E£ 3075" currency: EGP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/2698619-writing-better-lyrics store_origin: EG region: Egypt --- # Writing Better Lyrics **Price:** E£ 3075 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Writing Better Lyrics - **How much does it cost?** E£ 3075 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.eg](https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/2698619-writing-better-lyrics) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The must-have guide for songwriters, revised and updated with expanded chapters, 50 fun songwriting exercises, and examples from more than 20 chart-toppings songs. A staple for songwriters for nearly two decades, Writing Better Lyrics provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics. Perfect for new and experienced songwriters alike, this time-tested classic covers the basics in addition to more advanced techniques. Songwriters will discover: • How to use sense-bound imagery to enhance a song's emotional impact on listeners • Techniques for avoiding clichés and creating imaginative metaphors and similes • Ways to use repetition as an asset • How to successfully manipulate meter • Instruction for matching lyrics with music • Ways to build on ideas and generate effective titles • Advice for working with a co-writer Writing Better Lyrics gives you all of the professional and creative insight you need to write powerful lyrics and put your songs in the spotlight where they belong. Review: A Superb Book For Some Songwriters, Maybe Not So For Others - This is an excellent book which not everyone will like. If you want a book that you can skim through with lots of lists that you can quickly digest, put into use and immediately improve your songwriting, then buy something else like Robin Frederick's book "Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting: 126 Proven Techniques for Writing Songs That Sell", which is a great book in its own right: (http://www.desertcart.com/Shortcuts-Hit-Songwriting-Techniques-Writing/dp/0982004001 ) . This book requires work, dedicated concentration and more than anything else, practice. You can easily live with this book for 6 months or more. Pattison's approach is very analytical and it deals only with lyrics and how to communicate them in a way that best transmits the emotional effect which the songwriter has in mind. The book goes far beyond Pattison's Coursera Songwriting course and his Youtube video lectures. I have found that for me, his techniques work best in rewriting my songs. There is so much here, that it is difficult to implement it all in the real-time process of songwriting. But once I have written a song, I can go back and apply his techniques to improve my songs. Especially interesting is his technique to use the 5 rhyme-types (perfect, family, additive/subtractive, assonance, consonance) and a rhyming dictionary as a search engine to brainstorm ideas to write a song from a concept or a title. I have never heard anyone else use this method, but I find that not only does it work for me, it also opens my ear to more easily find rhymes other than the perfect rhyme. Some people will not have the patience to work through this book, and for them, it will be a waste of money to buy. But I really like the book and it has taught me a lot of useful information to improve my songwriting. Review: The seminal book on lyrics - Brilliant. Every chapter should have been obvious to all of us since forever, yet it seems to me that only songwriters who have read and studied Pat Pattison's works are doing these things well. People who simply write songs for fun are cool too, but if you you haven't studied Pat Pattison then you're just not trying to become a serious songwriter. I'm not usually dogmatic about anything, but Pattinson is really that good at this craft (or maybe I was just that sloppy with my lyrics before). Buy this one as your first songwriting book, or buy it as your hundredth (personally it was my eighth or ninth book on songwriting). ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #16,590 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2 in Music Reference (Books) #2 in Songwriting #20 in Writing Skill Reference (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,217 Reviews | ## Images ![Writing Better Lyrics - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91pv9a8gT9L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Superb Book For Some Songwriters, Maybe Not So For Others *by R***T on December 29, 2015* This is an excellent book which not everyone will like. If you want a book that you can skim through with lots of lists that you can quickly digest, put into use and immediately improve your songwriting, then buy something else like Robin Frederick's book "Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting: 126 Proven Techniques for Writing Songs That Sell", which is a great book in its own right: (http://www.amazon.com/Shortcuts-Hit-Songwriting-Techniques-Writing/dp/0982004001 ) . This book requires work, dedicated concentration and more than anything else, practice. You can easily live with this book for 6 months or more. Pattison's approach is very analytical and it deals only with lyrics and how to communicate them in a way that best transmits the emotional effect which the songwriter has in mind. The book goes far beyond Pattison's Coursera Songwriting course and his Youtube video lectures. I have found that for me, his techniques work best in rewriting my songs. There is so much here, that it is difficult to implement it all in the real-time process of songwriting. But once I have written a song, I can go back and apply his techniques to improve my songs. Especially interesting is his technique to use the 5 rhyme-types (perfect, family, additive/subtractive, assonance, consonance) and a rhyming dictionary as a search engine to brainstorm ideas to write a song from a concept or a title. I have never heard anyone else use this method, but I find that not only does it work for me, it also opens my ear to more easily find rhymes other than the perfect rhyme. Some people will not have the patience to work through this book, and for them, it will be a waste of money to buy. But I really like the book and it has taught me a lot of useful information to improve my songwriting. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The seminal book on lyrics *by P***P on December 30, 2025* Brilliant. Every chapter should have been obvious to all of us since forever, yet it seems to me that only songwriters who have read and studied Pat Pattison's works are doing these things well. People who simply write songs for fun are cool too, but if you you haven't studied Pat Pattison then you're just not trying to become a serious songwriter. I'm not usually dogmatic about anything, but Pattinson is really that good at this craft (or maybe I was just that sloppy with my lyrics before). Buy this one as your first songwriting book, or buy it as your hundredth (personally it was my eighth or ninth book on songwriting). ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Even if you’re formally trained in creative writing, this book is worth the read! *by D***S on April 20, 2021* I’m only 3 chapters in and already feel that this is improving my poetry/song writing efforts. It’s potentially a little more “nerdy” or granular than some writers might enjoy but as someone who spent 4 years of college focusing on creative writing, it appeals to me on intellectual and nostalgic levels. It feels familiar in the way that reminds me of college writing workshops, but (unlike college classes) it has given me practical tools to improve my ability to generate really “tasty” words and vivid imagery in an easy and natural way. I’ve been doing the “object writing” exercises daily for 4 weeks now and can already see an improvement in my more formal/intentional writing efforts. This is the closest thing to a “writer’s workout trainer” I’ve ever read. Somehow it improved upon the lessons of King’s ‘On Writing’ and Lamott’s ‘Bird By Bird’ and has “clicked” for me the way that college classes never did. I’m looking forward to letting the rest of the book guide me through more useful exercises to build up my creative muscles so that I can find my flow more quickly and create even better pieces. Now… if only it could teach me piano basics! ## Frequently Bought Together - Writing Better Lyrics - The Complete Rhyming Dictionary: Including The Poet's Craft Book - Songwriting Without Boundaries: Lyric Writing Exercises for Finding Your Voice --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/2698619-writing-better-lyrics](https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/2698619-writing-better-lyrics) --- *Product available on Desertcart Egypt* *Store origin: EG* *Last updated: 2026-07-08*