Thread:TKandMit/@comment-27933547-20160318202827/@comment-3401602-20160318204633

Honored that you'd come to me for advice

Well there's a few things to writing, and this goes for general song writing as well: you're not always going to start off strong. When you write a battle that focuses on certain characters with lots to know, it's best to do research, and just coming up with clever lines in general. It's best to stay away from making basic insults that sound like they can be said to anybody, but writing them in such a way that seems more genuine and original can earn some higher praise.

It's also good to focus on how many syllables are in one line, aka "flow". When writing a bar - two lines in a song - try to match the amount of syllables either exactly or close, so that it sounds consistent and works well when being rapped aloud. If one line has like 7 syllables and the next one immediately after it has like 15, it probably won't match well. Finding a beat on YouTube or a website can also help you on this, as it kind of gives you a guideline for how to rap to the beat.

Revision is a huge part to writing, too. After finishing a verse, or maybe even the whole battle, revise it a few times. Try to separate yourself from the battle for a few days and get it off your mind, and then come back one day and reread it. If you like it as it is, that's fine, but if you realize there's something you dislike, try to fix it by rewriting the line.

There's also sooo many ways to make a battle unique. Many are the typical 1v1, which is perfectly fine, but some can be made really interesting if something "extra" happens. This can be a whole assortment of things, such as: the beat switching up and the flow changing, a third-party or back up rapper joining the battle, someone in the battle rapping fast, or more verses. Let me elaborate on the 'more verses' part; in my newest battle, "Michael Myers vs Jason Voorhees", I have each rapper with three verses, rather than the usual two. I do this in some of my battles because it adds more of a back-and-forth confrontation between the two, which adds a subtle sense of a more fierce opposition between the two rappers -- something that fits the aggressive serial killers well, for example.

I can go on and on about how to write fanmade battles, but after a while it just boils down to personal interest and what you think works out best. I hope some of these pointers help. I look forward to what you have to write. :)