Writing Process Archives - Charlotte Rains Dixon

Set Your Brain and Your Creativity Free

Being a writer is a tough gig, as previously noted. Hugely satisfying, and the only thing you can do if you are called to it, but it is a demanding task mistress and at all but the highest levels, the pay is low. So you might as well have fun while you are doing it. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 5 years ago07/16/2018

Writing Process

There’s So Much More to Writing Than Just Writing

There’s more to writing than just the writing. Like, staring off into space. Taking a nap to refresh your brain after all its hard toil. Going to the kitchen to look for a snack. Deciding what you really need is to take a walk. Or drink a glass of wine. Okay, maybe those aren’t the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 5 years ago

Motivation Writing Process

Why Do You Write?

Why do you write? Why do I write? Why does anybody write? Funnily enough, I had plans to write a blog post on this topic and then, in that synchronistic way things sometimes happen, I had a coaching session that illuminated it feven more. So, why do you write? This is a question you’ll often […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 5 years ago

Organization Writing Process

On Not Following Protocol or Systems or For That Matter, Anything

I am my own worst enemy. This is true when it comes to writing or living. I cannot follow a system to save my own life. I come up with brilliant ideas that will make my writing easier or more organized or better and then I don’t follow them. I was reminded of this earlier […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 5 years ago

Writing Process

Starting is Often the Hardest Part of Writing

Starting is the hardest part of writing. It’s hard when you are a newbie, terrified of the blank page in front of you, that you might not have any worthwhile words to put on it, or that you don’t even know how. Starting is hard when you are a seasoned writer, with thousands or even […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 5 years ago

Writing Practice Writing Process

How To Get Obsessed

Writing, like so many creative endeavors, is a strange gig. We writers do everything we can to avoid working on our projects, but then when we finally get to it, we don’t want to stop. While in many arenas, obsession is not considered a good thing, we creatives tend to cultivate it. I’ve recently written […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 5 years ago

Clearing Writing Process

Spring Cleaning Your Writing

It’s sunny and warm in Portland, and there’s no better place on earth when such is the case. (People visit here in spring or summer, fall in love and move. Then the fall and winter rains set in. Rah roh.) This year, more than any I can remember recently, I’m feeling very spring-y. Maybe it […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 5 years ago

Writing Process

The Usefulness of Thinking Small (In Writing and Life)

I’m a big picture thinker. This is helpful when writing a novel, in which you need to keep an entire story arc in your mind. And it is great when you are planning your weekly schedule. But it can be overwhelming when you are trying to get words on the page. I start out writing […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 5 years ago

Uncategorized Writing Process

Write It Imperfectly, Do It Imperfectly

I was meditating this morning. My legs twitched. I was antsy in my seat. My eyebrow itched and finally I succumbed and scratched it. My back tingled. All these things took my attention away from my mantra–Hum Sah. And then I started thinking about emails I needed to write and work I had to complete. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 5 years ago

Meditation Mindset Writing Process

Letting Go of Words, Work, and Writing

A friend wrote from Mexico last week. She said she was having a hard time letting go of the words she was writing. There were sentences she liked in her essay and she didn’t want to delete them. She suggested this might be something I’d like to write about. And she was right. Letting go […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 5 years ago

Charlotte Rains Dixon

Category: Writing Process

Set Your Brain and Your Creativity Free

There’s So Much More to Writing Than Just Writing

Why Do You Write?

On Not Following Protocol or Systems or For That Matter, Anything

Starting is Often the Hardest Part of Writing

How To Get Obsessed

Spring Cleaning Your Writing

The Usefulness of Thinking Small (In Writing and Life)

Write It Imperfectly, Do It Imperfectly

Letting Go of Words, Work, and Writing

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