What is the best way to learn guitar?
It takes a considerable amount of time before you can start writing songs, as you not only have to learn how to play the guitar, but learn music theory as well. First learn how to play by hiring a teacher or off the web, for example http://www.TheGuitarLesson.com (It has video guitar lessons with animated tabs) or http://www.justinguitar.com Once you can play (and while you are learning to play), learn music and guitar theory as well. And once you are comfortable with that and know the concepts, you’ll be able to write songs on your own. You’ll need a tool such as Guitar Pro for that.