Charlotte Rains Dixon

You Can Do It!

"A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere." Joyce A Myers For some reason, I've been thinking a lot about motivation this weekend. Because I think that sometimes we need it to get ourselves started. And by "started," I don't mean just beginning a project. I'm talking about starting a writing session. Here's […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: A Day in the Life of a Writer, Author Cynthia Haggard

A Day in the Life of Writer by Cynthia Haggard I dream that I am sitting on a chair in an ocean cruiser, two rows back from the Queen. Yes, that’s right, I’m sitting right behind the Queen of England, or would be were it not for her numerous relatives sitting in the row between […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Process

Got Writing Velocity?

I've been mulling the concept of momentum in writing lately, because I think I'm finally getting some in my new novel. As I pondered, I hit on the idea of writing velocity. What is writing velocity? Here's the dictionary definition of velocity: "the distance an object travels in a specified direction during a unit of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago

Rejection

How Many Times Has Your Writing Been Rejected?

Last night, one of the members of my writing group got married. All but one of the current members of the group were there, and a couple former members turned up as well. Talk turned, as it will amongst such groups, to rejection. Soon we were attempting to outdo each other with how many rejections […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago

Writing Process

Beginner’s Mind

Sometimes, as a professional writer, I worry too much about product and don't focus enough on process. Yes, I need to worry about outcomes–my income depends on it. So it would seem to be a no-brainer to focus on it. Over the years of practicing writing every day, you get better at the game. The […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago

inspiration

7 Ways to Meditate and Why Writers Should

I know. Meditation. Crap. Must we? For many of us, meditation is an item on the to-do list that never gets done, akin to cleaning the basement and scrubbing baseboards. (And if you actually accomplish those things, please, please, please come to my house and help with mine.) Meditation is boring. Meditation takes time away […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago

Book Review

Excerpt: The Moon She Rocks You

For my Monday post, I have something different for you: an excerpt of a cool book called The Moon She Rocks You by Gurutej. If you are a woman, knowing about The Moon Centers gives you power over your negative emotions. If you are a man, it gives you the key to understand women of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago

Viewpoint

Saturday Writing Tip: Experiment with Viewpoint

At the Diamond writing retreat I co-led, I got clarity about where I'm going with my current novel. (On some odd subliminal level, getting my first novel accepted has made a huge difference in my commitment level to this WIP.) But last week I spent most of my time caring for my daughter and The […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago

Character

7 Ways to Get to Know Your Character

No matter what you're writing, memoir, fiction or even web copy, character is everything. You've got to know your character through and through in order to write successfully. This was brought home to me all over again last week, when I spent the week with my daughter and her baby and learned, first hand, what […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago

article writing

The Sometime Hell of Writing

I had an assignment to write an article for my buddy Roy's new magazine, 2nd & Church. The assignment was fairly open-ended: go see the new movie, The Raven about Edgar Allan Poe, and write about it. Since I was due to be gone on various retreats for two weeks, Roy gave me a special […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago

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