Here's where I'm at personally, all production and recording aside. Maybe others can relate.
I'm very good at writing 'pieces' here and there. Something for a chorus, verse etc. I've got tons of those little ideas sitting around waiting to be constructed into an entire song. The biggest problem that I have though is actually
doing that, as in the building a house thing. You start with a simple idea which is the foundation and then build your house (song) from that. I'm talking about the transitions of going from an intro to a verse, to a chorus, then a break and etc. You've got to add some sort of contrast when transitioning between parts of your song as well as add tension and release, have some kind of buildup.
Everything I just said seems like a piece of cake when saying it, but doing it is a completely different thing. I get stuck badly after completing a section of a song and don't know where to go from there, how to build it and transition, etc. I wouldn't call this writer's block since I can write pieces here and there just fine.
It's the art of songwriting and arrangement that I get stuck on
. Anyone else experience this?