Charlotte Rains Dixon

Why Every Writer Should Do Nanowrimo

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this Sunday November 1st? Why yes, yes it is, Charlotte. Thank you. So you know what that means: Drumroll, please…. It's time for Nanowrimo! What's that you say? You just crawled out from your writing cave and you haven't heard of Nanowrimo? Well, let me clue you in. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

Focus Tools for Writers

My BEST Writing Tip, I Promise

Hemingway knew it and used it. I've expounded on it numerous times, including recently. (That juxtaposition of sentences makes it appear that I might be comparing myself to Hemingway, to which I say: bwahahahaha). It is the single most helpful tip for you to get words on the page, and here it is: KNOW WHERE […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

Fear

Five on Friday: What’s Going On

What Who I'm in Love With: My new grandson, Owen Lewis Hopman, born October 13, thus becoming the 9th Libra among our extended family and friends. He was two weeks overdue, and I'm convinced that he just wanted to make certain he had his very own birthday, rather than sharing it with a grandfather, grandmother, father or uncle […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

Procrastination Spirituality

Just Put The Words on the Page: Why is This So Hard Sometimes?

You’ve heard it a million times, and so have I. Hell, I’ve said it a million times: all you have to do to write is get yourself to the page and throw words at it. And yet, sometimes this is just ridiculously difficult. Like, for me, this morning, when I struggled with writing a scene. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/04/2015

Focus

The Secret to Writing More Than You Ever Thought Possible

To get more writing done, you could get up earlier, or stay up later. To get more writing done you could close the door to your office and post a sign threatening death and dismemberment to anyone who enters. You could escape to the coffee shop or go on a retreat. You could run away […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

Tools for Writers

Cool Tools for Writers

A small round-up of items helpful for your writing… I've been writing a lot, how about you? But, um, you might have noticed I've not been blogging that much. One problem is that I can't access Typepad from the Chrome browser on my computer, and that means I have to go open Microsoft Edge, which […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

Rejection

Get Rid of Your Fear of Rejection Once and For All

Rejection. It is a fact of the writer’s life. I wish I could tell you that this was not so. I wish I could tell you that everything you send off would get picked up immediately. But I can’t. It is just not the way the world works. And so, alas, if you are a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/04/2015

Travel

Why Every Writer Should Travel

I'm just back from three weeks in Europe, one week for leading a writing workshop, and the other two for fun. However, I am a firm believer that even the two "fun" weeks contributed greatly to my writing career. Yeah, it might have looked like I was lolling about in the south of France, eating tapas […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

Five Things on Friday

5 Things on Friday: I’m Baaaaack Edition

Where I've Been: Europe. Spain and France, to be specific. I was there for our annual Let's Go Write workshop, which this year focused on structure and was a grand success. This year it was held in Collioure, a lovely seaside town in the south of France. And guess what? Despite a busy teaching, sight-seeing, and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing

From The Archives: Why Writing a Novel is a Good Thing–Even If You Never Get it Published

And here's one final offering from the archives, back in September of 2012. Yeah, so, you want to write a novel. And you're even thinking of doing Nanowrimo this year. (Nanowrimo = National Novel Writing Month, just in case you don't know, and it's in November.) But then the voices begin: The dreaded blank page. The dreaded […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

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