Hi Bill, your music has made me enamoured with tonal music again and I used a key signature for the first time in a long time, but then I realized I'm having trouble writing effective tonal melodies, do you have any tips?
whatever type of thing you are describing, be sure to listen to it being done plenty. then try it a bit, then listen to some more and try again. in time you should quickly find exactly the ways you like doing things