Charlotte Rains Dixon

This Just In: Writers’ Platform Building Crusade

I just found out about a project called the Writers’ Platform Building Crusade. It is the brainchild of Rachel Harrie, and you can learn all about it here. It is designed to link together writers, bloggers, and authors, at any stage of their careers, in order to support each other and help build platforms. Participating […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago01/05/2016

Writing

The Writing Process, Again

Apparently I'm more of a creature of habit than I thought. Every year about this time I write a post about going back to the basics. These pithy thoughts may be disguised in several different ways, but basically what I end up writing about is the writing process. And that's what I'm going to write […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: The Road to Creativity

This week it's Patrick's turn. Please welcome a guest post by my new friend and fellow creative, Patrick Ross, a Washington, D.C.-based freelance writer who blogs at The Artist's Road and is on Twitter at @on_creativity. He is working on a narrative nonfiction book chronicling his cross-country road trip. When it comes to ignoring the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Writing Around

When I was working on my recent workshop for The Writer's Loft, I had a brilliant realization. There's writing. And then there's writing around. So you don't think I'm the densest writer on the planet, I've known this forever, but haven't known known it, if you get my drift. Writing around is something I've always […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Exercises

Aliens Among Us

Here's a little writing exercise for you. Its very simple. Write about something as if you are describing it to an alien who just landed on this planet. So, for example: The book is heavy and has a red cover, with glossy pages and lots of photos in it. Descriptive, if a bit bland. But, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Responsibility

Taking Responsibility: A Story

I've got a guest post over at The Artist's Road today. The title of it is, A Responsibility to Creativity, and its a bit livelier than it sounds, so you should go read it. Subscribe to Patrick's site (because it is awesome) so you can return and read more later, and then come back. This […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Uncategorized

How To Write Through Anything

Last Friday, I wrote about my messiness of mind, how my head was clogged with a substance that is described by such an unpleasant word (mucous–ick), and how it was affecting my normal activities. Today, I was pondering ideas for blog posts. I pulled out my cute floral mini-notebook wherein I keep precious ideas and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Books Motivation

A Messiness of Mind

I'm enduring a messiness of mind this week. It feels like I've been on a full-out run since mid-December. There's the mad Christmas rush, of course, followed by New Year's and my daughter's birthday. And then I had to get organized for my trip to Nashville last week, which was more complicated than usual because […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Going Back to the Basics

I'm sitting in the Houston airport, on my way home from Nashville, pondering the past weekend of the Writer's Loft orientation. I did a workshop for the orientation called Jump Start Your Book with a Vision Board (soon to be an ebook available right here). In the final hour of the workshop, we all made […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

inspiration

Water the Bamboo

So, forgive me, but every human being who lives in Oregon is caught up in Duck fever at the moment. In case you've been on retreat in a snow cave, that's because we're playing Auburn in the BCS National Championship game tomorrow night. Go, Ducks. This morning, I read yet another story about the Ducks […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

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