Cool thanks guys. I'm sure that writing songs is a great way to get better at it but I'm sure that a study of the way chords interact with each other, how they interact with melody and how to break away from diatonic chords in a pleasing or interesting way would also improve songwriting. I'd be very surprised if there aren't at least some songwriters out there who have found useful information pertaining to their songwriting endeavors outside of simply writing songs. And as for playing with others, I'm sure there are ways to get better prepared for collaboration on one's own. For example, if I showed up to a jam ignorant to the nashville number system I'd be worse off than if I had learned it on my own prior to the session.
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