I used to write short stories and the such but I am sure writing music is a different thing. Do we have anyone here that writes their own stuff, are you writing the notes or the lyrics or both? I can always think of a good story behind a song, but I just can not get the tune right. I guess I am not that type of writer.

Writing songs is so fun- if you are a writer of prose then you should try to write the lyric and see what tune comes to you.

You could also start with an existing tune and write lyrics to that, then change the melody you used into something new and different.

I like to write both the lyrics and the music- it's like writing the songs you wish were on the radio!

Or pull a Rogers and Hammerstein style pairing and find someone to write music to your lyrics! And write music that you can put some lyrics to!

It's been done all across history. Kander and Ebb is another big pairing. George and Ira Gershwin.