Charlotte Rains Dixon

Guest Post, Part Two: I Haven’t Dreamed a Dream Yet

As I told you yesterday, I met Cindy Corpier at the Spalding MFA spring residency in Louisville, Kentucky last May. She began her two-part series on dreaming and writing on Tuesday, and here I happily present Part Two. I Haven't Dreamed a Dream…Yet, Part Two by Cindy Corpier Dreams can show the depth of a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Character

9 Ways to Create Characters Readers Will Identify With

I have a bad habit of creating characters that are, um, unlikeable. Or, in the parlance of the publishing industry–unrelatable. (As a brief aside, I do worry about what this says about me. People seem to like me when they meet me in person, and I do try hard to be nice and positive. But […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Focus

What Do You Focus On?

What you put your attention on grows. It's that simple. So if you put your attention on how wonderful it is to write every day, that writing habit will grow. If you focus on how much fun it is to submit to agents (I'm feeling funny today), you'll do more of it. If you think […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

The Writing Life

The Writing Life: Berry Picking

When you're a writer (or any kind of creative person) you link everything back to your writing. At least I do, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. It's the nature of the creative process to become a sponge for everything around you. This is particularly true when you're in the middle of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Fear

What Your Inner Critic Wants You to Know

I wrote a guest post for Jessica Baverstock at Creativity's Workshop on the writer's Inner GPS, our internal guidance system that is never wrong and can help us greatly with our writing. (You can go read it now, I'll wait.) And because of that, I started thinking a lot about the Inner Critic, which is […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

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Can Writing Set You Free?

Today is Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, a day in which we Americans celebrate the anniversary of our freedom from those pesky English overlords. There's currently a lot of media attention to the themes of freedom and independence, and thus I've been thinking of how these concepts apply to writing. Many […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Process

Switch Hitting Your Writing

writing, novel, short stories, multiple prjects, balancing writing, Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruin

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Four Writing Lessons Travel Taught Me

Please welcome my friend and fellow writer Beverly Army to the blog today, as she makes us drool with envy over her vacation in France–and gives practical tips on how to maintain a writerly attitude while away from home. Four Writing Lessons Travel Taught Me by Beverly Army Williams Ahhh, summertime. The season of slowing […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Books

Q and A With Eric Maisel

Last week, I posted my initial thoughts on Eric Maisel's latest book on creativity, Making Your Creative Mark, and promised more to come. Then his publicist sent me this interview, which I thought delved into more of the book very nicely. So here you go! An Interview with Eric Maisel Author of Making Your Creative […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

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The Creative’s Dilemma: Routine or Free Rein?

We creative types like freedom. "Don't fence me in!" we cry. We need to be unfettered and unchained in order to do our best work. And this particularly applies to anything so prosaic as schedules and routine, which are the polar opposite to creative passion. Right? That attitude is certainly the romantic vision many of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

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