What are your top 10 rules when writing a song?

Dont listen to any fucking music before hand.

>>73322709
There are no rules

Think about the Jews and what they want to hear so I can get big and get money and pussy.

>>73322709
write something you would want to listen to

go back and listen to it over and over again

have something to say in your lyrical approach

put something in there that isn't already in another song you've written

make sure you love it

don't let it drag for longer than it needs to

make sure whatever you're doing is at least slightly unique

drugs don't make you a better songwriter but they might help you arrange certain things in an easier way

don't think of it as work

and one that personally always worked for me: Try to write when you've not slept in a long time, melodies that appear in your head when you're running on a lack of sleep tend to wander and develop in a more interesting way