Making Musicals with Holly Yurth Richards
Hello and welcome to Making Musicals with me - your host - Holly Yurth Richards. I am an award-winning playwright, composer, lyricist and librettist who is passionate about crafting new stories for the musical theatre stage. I created this podcast as a way to share my story about how I got started in this fascinating field of work and to offer insight and guidance to other writers about my process, about other writers’ processes, and on the available resources out there - which are surprisingly plentiful, when you know where to look for them. Come make musicals with me!
Making Musicals with Holly Yurth Richards
Episode 06 - Lyric Writing #1 - You Get One Chance
This episode marks the first of many in the fascinating and satisfying realm of lyric writing. Today Holly talks about three main concepts to keep in mind while writing lyrics for your show:
- You Get One Chance
- Write the Way People Speak
- Find Integrity in True Rhyme Schemes
The subject of lyric writing is so vast and nuanced that Holly looks forward to exploring more with you in subsequent episodes. Also, shout out to NAMT and the Festival of New Musicals!