 Swift wrote most of the songs during the time when she was promoting her self-titled debut studio album performing as an opening act for other country artists.Of the 13 tracks on the standard edition, eight were solely written by Swift, and the other were co-written by Swift with Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey, Colbie Caillat, and John Rich.Swift also made her debut as a record producer, co-producing all songs with Nathan Chapman.