Charlotte Rains Dixon

Clarity for Writers

So, there's clarity for writers, and clarity about writing. In a post about writing clarity, I'm being clear as mud. So let me explain. A few days ago, I was sitting in the backyard of a friend. Gorgeous summer night, and the surroundings were gorgeous, too: neatly mowed lawn and perfectly weeded and edged garden […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

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7 Ways to Keep Writing in Summer

Ah, summertime. Blue skies, sunshine, lazy days and heat-induced lethargy. Barbecues, vacations and great, relaxing fun times. But what about the writing? When does the writing get done in all this fun? Relaxation is great for the heart and soul, but it can be hell on the writing. All the good times can leave little […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Self-Love For Writers

I've got a guest post this morning over at Sandi Amorim's blog. It's on how authentic creativity is self-love. Won't you check it out? Here's the site: Deva Coaching. And I've got one more thing for you. Remember how I reviewed the Artist's Way Toolkit site? Well, the site is offfering a free promo. If […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

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What Inspires You and How?

In the overall scheme of writing things, it is relatively easy to get inspired. (See my list of things that inspire me at the end of this article.) But the more important question is: how do things inspire you? What is the process by which inspiration translates to action? Having inspiration is meaningless if it […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Scenes Writing Process

An Approach to Writing Scenes

During one of the free sessions I did last month, I talked with a writer about foreshadowing and how sometimes getting it in is really clunky. Like, you might as well scream it from the rooftops, "I'm foreshadowing something important here," clunky. And since I went right from that session to working on a chapter […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

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The Writing Contract

Writing, writing, writing. It's really all we writers want to spend our time doing. Unless we don't. Our can't. Or won't for some reason. And then what we do is worry about the fact that we're not writing. I've been doing free sessions (there's one slot left if you're interested) and mostly what people want […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Fear

Just a Little Thing Called Fear

A few years ago, I helped my friend Suzanne sell her photographs at art fairs. The photos were gorgeous shots of flowers, spectacular close-ups. People would walk by and say, "I don't need to buy one of those, I could take a photo like that." Um, really? You could get the settings on the camera […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Questions

Answering Your Writing Questions: Introducing Characters

This is the third post in an ongoing series of answering readers' questions. It's not to late to ask something! Just go back to the original post and leave your question in the comments. Today's question comes from my wonderful Loft student Karen Phillips: If an important character doesn't come in until later in story, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Distraction Focus

7 Ways to Master Concentration

One morning last week I worked on social media: answering blog comments, and scheduling tweets. (I collect quotes and love to tweet them–if you have any to share, let me know.) But I was feeling, to put it mildly, unfocused. I couldn't concentrate on one thing for long. I'd check Twitter, then answer a blog […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Questions

Answering Your Writing Questions: Teaching vs. Writing

This is number two in an ongoing series in which I answer your writing questions. (It's not too late to ask one–you can check out the original post I wrote and leave a question in the comments. I'll either devote a blog post to it or respond in the comments themselves if it's a short […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

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