Exactly. It's a proven method to make sure you aren't going down a blind alley. It would be great if I didn't need inspiration and could just open my copy of TurboTax, hit a special function key, and it would print out a finished song in my style but so far I haven't found that function key.polyslax wrote: Ok, gotcha, and I think that's how a lot of folks work. Inspiration on the front end creation. Perspiration on the back end details.
However, your method is working very well for you, so you should stick with it.