Charlotte Rains Dixon

Update on My Son

Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments, emails, thoughts, and prayers for my son. He had surgery this morning to clean out the area of the cat bite down to the bone and repair the tendons. That seemed to be necessary to get the infection out once and for all. So, at long […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Conflict Essentials of Fiction

Conflict in Minor Characters

Okay y'all, this is going to be a quick post. My dear, beloved son is in the hospital and life has gotten a bit askew the last few days. He is battling an infection from a cat bite and it's been a wee bit scary, I must say–red streaks up the arm and all that. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Pugs

When is Watching Trash TV is Good for Your Writing?

I'm leading a home study group on a book called Birthing a Greater Reality (which is an amazing book on the evolution of consciousness, by the way) and our first meeting was Tuesday night. As an icebreaker, I had everyone talk a little about themselves and then say something that was surprising or unexpected about […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Events Writing Exercises

Writing=Creativity=Play (A Post That Might Make You Nervous)

At the fall orientation for the Loft, author Debra Moffitt (Awake in the World) did the keynote speech, which was really a workshop, and a presentation the following day. She began with a meditation designed to take us into our “secret garden,” the place of sanctuary for our spirit and creativity. And after we had […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago12/31/2015

Writing

Writing in the Rain: Monday Morning Round-up

It is raining this morning. I know, I know, I live in Oregon, its to be expected. And, truthfully, I don't mind. I love going out for a walk in the rain and coming back inside where its cozy, warm, and dry, to curl up with my writing or my reading. And this morning my […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Rewriting

Writing From Vision to Revision

You are a writer. Because, a writer writes. That's the definition of a writer: someone who writes. A writer is also someone who understands a couple of things: 1. Why she writes 2. The writing process And, furthermore, a writer should also understand that topics to be used in the writing process can be inspired […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Conflict

The Writing Secret that Will Vitalize Your Work (And Help You Get Published)

And the secret is…. Conflict. Also known as tension. Adding lots and lots of it (probably far more than you imagined you could or should) is what will make your fiction and non-fiction, pop, sizzle, and sell. It is also what makes a book or a story a page-turner. (Like the novel, The Improper Life […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Developing Good Writing Habits is Like Flossing Your Teeth

If you are going to write, you've got to write. I know, I know. But I was feeling profound today so I thought I'd lay the full force of my brilliance on you. All kidding aside, you've got to make time to write if you are ever going to finish that novel. Or book to […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

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Work Details to Help With Your Writing

Work details are a rich vein to mine to help you write a book, and this counts for both fiction and non-fiction. The other day I wrote a post in honor of Labor Day called Is it Work or is it Love? Making the point, I hope, that when you're doing what you love, you […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

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Is it Work or is it Love?

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." Confucius Do you hate your job, or do you love it? Loaded question, eh? Because I know lots of people who hate their jobs. Hate, hate, hate them. And I know plenty of people (often creative types) who […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

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