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Be Who You Are

Here's the paradox: the more you are yourself, the more people will beat a path to your door. And yet we all struggle, at one time or another to be ourselves. Crazy, huh? I've been thinking and writing a lot about this lately. I'm working on a new free guide to replace the current somewhat […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

The Benefits of Retreating

I've been at a writing retreat all weekend. It was at Scarritt Bennett, a center in the middle of the labyrinth that hosts programs on diversity, women's empowerment, and spirituality. (That's a photo of the labyrinth at Scarritt Bennett to the right, though I focused more on the blooming Redbud and Dogwood trees when I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

Zen Creativity: Working with Nothing

While I'm in Nashville, I asked several friends to guest post. Here's the first one, from the wonderful Welsh Zen master Derek Ayre. Be sure to visit his blog and tell him you read him here! Zen Creativity: Working with Nothing by Derek Ayre Zen practice is not for everyone and it is important to […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/06/2015

Creativity Writing

Why Is It So Hard….

…for other people to figure out what it is that we writers do? Yesterday, a member of my family (who, for the record, I absolutely adore) was talking about people working, people who are retired, and me, about whom he said, "whatever it is that you do." I just laughed because I get this so […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity

Invitation to “Embracing the Goddesses Within” Filming

I'm breaking my rule of no blogging on the weekends to bring you this information which I've been asked to post. This event is going to be so cool and I'm attending myself. So grab your tickets and I'll see you there! Please join us for the filming of the PBS Special, "Empowered Living: Embracing […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

Seeing With Fresh Eyes

The other day, I was out walking in a neighborhood next to mine. And for some reason, I started thinking about the name of the neighborhood that I live in, which is Rose City Park. And the thought occurred to me that it is a lovely, evocative name. This is something I've always known, but […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

The Place You Write

I write in my upstairs office which is a converted bedroom. As I'm writing this post, rain is pounding on the windows and if I turn my head and look out the window, I can see into the backyard, which is lush and green and full of just-blossoming flowers. At least they were ready to […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation Writing

Have a Place To Go in Your Writing

When writing, it is important to have a place to go. For instance, Ernest Hemingway always ended a writing session in the middle of a sentence, thus insuring that he had a place to go when he started the next day. I've relearned this lesson over and over again in my own work. If I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

On American Soil

As of yesterday, my son-in-law, he who has been deployed in Kuwait and Iraq all year, is back in America. Home. Not home home yet, as the army has all kinds of things they do to returning soldiers at Fort Hood. But back in the United States. Everyone is breathing easier and sleeping better. No […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Turning Your Head Around

No, I'm not going to talk about the Linda Blair move from The Exorcist. This post is about changing your mindset. (I wrote a post earlier this week about the success mindset, and this is yet different from that, too.) Specifically, changing your mindset when you are working on something that is hard. Yesterday, I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Charlotte Rains Dixon

Tag: creativity

Be Who You Are

The Benefits of Retreating

Zen Creativity: Working with Nothing

Why Is It So Hard….

Invitation to “Embracing the Goddesses Within” Filming

Seeing With Fresh Eyes

The Place You Write

Have a Place To Go in Your Writing

On American Soil

Turning Your Head Around

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