i play guitar and it feels like it doesn't like me unless i play things that someone else made; i can never make a good chord progression, and when i do, i never have good words to pair with them. whenever i make lyrics, i find that they sound too much like other people's lyrics and i get mad at myself, crumple up the computer paper i was working with, and throw it away and go to bed. any tips?
you mentioned you were starting with chords then putting words to them. How about starting with words (AND a melody), then putting chords with that? But, you also mentioned that you don't feel too great with words yet. So for that, i would recommend opening up a text file and just start going bonkers day and night, not to write songs, but just do it as a way of life, until further notice. Really try to use the page to actually solve any problems in life you may have. after a couple years of doing that, i think you will find words to be quite a good playground to be on. Then if you decide to add music into that, then you'll be so powerful it's unfair