Motivation Writing

Imperfect Action

A friend writes from flood-weary Nashville that she is sometimes writing only one word a day as clean up progresses.  Imperfect action. I set writing one paragraph a day on the next novel as my goal.  Imperfect action. You sit down to work on your memoir and the words tumble out onto the page in […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 
Writing

Good is Good Enough

I spent yesterday afternoon writing copy for my website. Seeing as how this is a chore that's been hanging over my head for a year, it felt good to finish it.  And the way I finished it was to tell myself that good was good enough. It didn't have to be perfect, I told myself.  […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 
Motivation

Write Yourself A Mantra

Do you obsess? I obsess. What do I obsess about? Well, let me list the topics: weight loss body image, earning money, my novel, getting an agent, relationships, working harder, working less, focus, the price of tea in China…you get the drift.  Pretty much everything. When I obsess, my mind runs away from me.  That […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 
Journal Writing

The Carry-Along Book

This is going to be a short post today (I know what you're thinking–ha!  when has she ever managed to write a short post?) because, ta-da, my office furniture is assembled (thanks to my long-suffering husband) and I want to spend time moving myself back in. This is actually the very first post I've written […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 
Creativity inspiration

What If…?

What if…every time you did something you didn't want to do, you put the energy you'd usually use complaining about it into getting it done faster? What if…every time you were at work you acted grateful for the paycheck instead of whining about what a crappy job you have? What if…every time  you failed you […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 
Uncategorized

Ways to Help Nashville

Here's some sites I've found that are handling aid for the Nashville floods: 1. Facebook site that is sponsoring a local fundraiser, also lists online resources: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123717580975491&ref=mf 2.  Middle Tennessee Red Cross: http://www.middletennredcross.org 3. Nashville Red Cross: http://nashvilleredcross.org 4.  Nashville Flood Twitter feed with lots of great info and links: Tweets by NashvilleFlood 5. If […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 
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