Charlotte Rains Dixon

A love letter about resisting the status quo

There’s a lot of noise in the world at the moment. Political, and societal to be sure. But there’s also all the information we get from the interwebs constantly, all day and even all night long. And much of it is designed to ensnare us—to click onto the website, read the news story, buy the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago07/06/2017

Wednesday Writing Prompt

Wednesday Writing Prompt: Vast

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Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago06/20/2017

Love letters

Freedom, Independence, and Writing ( A Sunday Love Letter)

Tuesday is Independence Day in the states. Yesterday was Canada Day in, um, Canada, which I think has something to do with becoming a country but I couldn’t quite tell from the Wikipedia page. (Forgive me Canadians, and perhaps one of you could enlighten me?) The idea of independence and freedom is afoot in the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago

Friday Finesse

Friday Finesse: When Should You Share Your Rough Draft?

Friend and fellow writer Jenni asked me an excellent question about writing rough drafts: when is the best time to share it with others? She asked if one should “dump, then do some editing, then share? Or just dump and plow on until you have a full first draft completed?” Such a good question. And, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago06/30/2017

Wednesday Writing Prompt

Wednesday Writing Prompt: God

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Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago06/20/2017

Motivation Monday

Motivation Monday: Where’s the Joy in It?

Sitting in church yesterday, one word kept popping out at me, even though the message wasn’t really focused on it. And that word was joy. I kept thinking about it in terms of writing. I wondered: where’s the joy in it? Lord knows, writing is a tough business full of rejection and low-paid work. So, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago06/20/2017

Love letters

A Love Letter About Writing and Heat Waves

(I’m experimenting with posting my weekly newsletter here on the blog as well. If you’d like to have it delivered right to your inbox, fill out the form to the right. I will never do anything untoward with your information!) Yesterday it was 97 here. Today it is forecast to be the same. Now I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago

Friday Finesse

Friday Finesse: Writing by Hand

Last weekend at the lunch after my Essence of the Essay class, one of the students asked me if I wrote mostly on the computer, or by hand. I answered (a bit unpleasantly smugly, I realized later) that I wrote so much content that needed to be on the computer (blog, newsletter, classes, novel) that […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago06/20/2017

Wednesday Writing Prompt

Wednesday Writing Prompt: Birthday

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Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago06/20/2017

Tuesday Tip

Tuesday Tip: Remember, it’s called a rough draft for a reason

I’m going back through the second draft of my WIP novel, checking for places where I have to drop things in. Most of these are little things, like another mention of a physical object that figures in the plot (in this case, a necklace), or pumping up a description that didn’t get fully mounted on […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago

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