In this video I discuss what I learned from Sondheim. I've been reading his book, Finishing the Hat, which contains his collected lyrics with his own comments about them. There is so much valuable information to be gained here, but the overarching rules that are outlined at the beginning are:
Content dictates form,
Less is more,
God is in the detail,
All in the service of clarity.
In this video I go into detail about each of these, and how you can incorporate them into your own writing.
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