Any tips for lyrics+melody compatibility?
First of all, I apologize if I sound ignorant because I AM petty clueless and also English isn't my first language so the terminology may slip.
Anyways, I've been writing a lot of poetry and lyrics that mean something to me in my life and I've been wanting to finally start making steps towards making it actual songs even if I'm still not that far in learning how music works in the first place. I don't aim for much, guess for now I just want to learn to make a decent background for the vocals before I can try creating something that's actually worth it. Either way, given I start with the lyrics, naturally it's the way I imagine the lyrics to sound that sets the melody. But here comes the issue, as soon as I get to composing work in FL everything I do just doesn't seem to fit with the vocals design or only fits one part but then the rhythm gets impossible to follow. It might be that I get too chaotic with writing and can never lie within just one BPM range but maybe there's something else I'm missing that's actually crucial. What should I look out for?