Do you have a full (or close to full)idea planned to a T, already knowing exactly how you want it? Or do you go with the flow of the work, evolving your song based on what sounds right in the moment?

I trip myself up way too easily lately fussing over sticking to the idea i have that sparks a project or just flying blind and wanted to ask yall :)

sometimes when I try to stick too hard to a topic it comes off forced. what usually works is just do demos of flows saying gibberish that sounds good and then fill out the flows with lines after

Word thats how it goes for me usually. My ideas are always fleeting so ill record something on my phone and go from there. Just gotta have more faith in my wits

i rarely have ideas before i start producing, unless its a sample i have in mind, it all comes to me while working. Sometimes if I get inspiration to go a different idea than I'm heading, I'll just make two projects where i can do both

A lot of the time I'll just record line by line and make s*** up as I go along, or just freestyle and then work with that flow

Used to be more of a writer but like Slingshot said sometimes it comes off as forced when I'm to glued to the lyrics