I wrote my son a few days ago:
"You talked a while back concerning composing, about having an idea and shaping it. Sort of structuring it before you begin to actually write it."
I wrote a lullaby for Lyla when she was born. Very short, very sweet, just what it was supposed to be.
From the time I wrote it I always new it was "just a beginning" so much more I wanted to do with it

but wasn't appropriate at the time.
Well it has been picking at my brain again and I have to do something about it or I'll go nuts.
I have the melodies. I know how it will sound on the piano. I think I know how it will be orchestrated or at least some of the voicing. What's there is gentle and soft at the beginning and growing over

several bars and of course getting ridiculously huge.
But I haven't played a note yet. I need to make time to get downstairs and play a little.
Do you want my progress on it? Keep in mind it more than likely will be completely wrong or unorthodox with what you're learning or how the mainstream would do it.
Of course I'll start out using piano to get things in motion. You can orchestrate it yourself and see how it differs from what I'm doing. Up to you but I have to do something with it before I start drooling like an idiot!

It's coming along pretty good. Tristan has even started orchestrating it!