Well Hey, Otherwhere, It’s Nice to See You Again!

I’ve been remiss in providing you with Otherwhere links for quite some time now. The problem is not that I don’t have enough, it’s that I have too many. And when I start to corral them, I get overwhelmed. Okay. Deep breath. Here we go (and forgive me if they are not in any particular order):

Finding your voice from Jen Louden (she’s doing a cool self-guided retreat on this, too.

Having empathy for characters not like you

The Ultimate Summer Reading Flowchart

Three Easy Edits for Better Emotional Impact

When You Don’t Want to Write

How to Get Unstuck

Great Advice and Ideas from Asian-American Writer’s Workshop

8 Literary Gardens to Escape to This Summer

How I Organize My Time, Tasks, and Creative Ideas (from Sandra Pawula)

Okay, I could go on…and on…and on. But my cats are begging me to feed them and besides, this ought to be enough to keep you busy for awhile, no? Do weigh in on what you’re looking at on the web in the comments.

Tagged books, creativity, inspiration, writing

Charlotte

Charlotte Rains Dixon mentors creative writers from passionate to published. Charlotte is a free-lance journalist, ghostwriter, and author. She is Director Emeritus and a current mentor at the Writer's Loft, a certificate-writing program at Middle Tennessee State University. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Spalding University and is the author of a dozen books, including The Complete Guide to Writing Successful Fundraising Letters, and Beautiful America’s Oregon Coast. Her fiction has appeared in The Trunk, Santa Fe Writer’s Project, Nameless Grace, and Somerset Studios and her articles have been published in Vogue Knitting, the Oregonian, and Pology, to name a few. Her novel, Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior, was published in 2013, and she is represented by Erin Niumata at Folio Literary. Learn about her annual writing workshops in Europe at letsgowrite.com, and visit her blog at www.charlotterainsdixon.com, where you can find all kinds of tips and techniques on writing and creativity.

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J.D.
06/30/2016 5:00 am
You always give is interesting links. I like the “Easy Edits” site. I’m all for anything to make my sentences more interesting. We’ve all been through that “search for the right word” thing. That often ends in frustration for me. The pop up from my word processor has a thesaurus. I also have a clunky paper one above my monitor. More often than not, the matching words are all familiar and no more exciting than the first one I typed. I suppose I mean there’s no easy fix, but link gives me a little juice, some umph for my next rewrite. Thanks, Charlotte.
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1. Charlotte Rains dixon
  07/06/2016 2:24 pm
  Thank you, J.D. I probably give interesting links because I spend waaay too much time farting around on the internet looking at them. A very bad habit for a writer. I have a little word book I started during my MFA days. It is just my hand-written notes in a mini-binder, but it can be helpful. I used to try to write down new words or words I had to look up but I’ve gotten a bit lazy recently. Maybe this exchange will inspire me to go back.
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Zan Marie
07/02/2016 5:03 am
Ooh! The link on writing emotions is wonderful!
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1. Charlotte Rains dixon
  07/06/2016 2:21 pm
  Thanks, Zan Marie! I’m a little slow on responding to comments because I was dealing with spam. But all is well now.
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