I feel I'm a pretty good songwriter in both a musical sense and a lyrical sense. Although I love being creative and just letting the song out itself, usually I don't get very far because I'll back myself into a corner where I don't know what to do next. I find what I usually do is try the creative thing first and then later actually work or plan what I want to happen. I find this is pretty good for me because then I have an entire shelf of inspired ideas to pick and choose from.

I agree, good thread!