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Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #53

Here is the latest collection of prompts from my Tumblr blog, minus one because I, um, forgot. #363 Write about how your character reacts in an emergency. Cool and composed, the one everyone else can count on? Or the opposite? #364 Use the words sunlight, sailing ship, and stained glass in a sentence. Now use […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

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Room to Write, January 7-10, 2016, Nashville, TN

Writers often have to carve out precious moments from hectic schedules in order to practice their craft. Room to Write invites writers to get away for a long weekend of writing, inspiration, connection and rejuvenation. Co-produced by two of the former directors of the successful MTSU Writer’s Loft program, Charlotte Rains Dixon and Terry Price, along with brand and marketing strategist and founder […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #52

Here we go again with our weekly collection of prompts from my daily Tumblr blog. Enjoy and write a lot, will you please? It would make me happy. #357 Use the words umbrella, metal and sunlight in a sentence. Now use that sentence as a prompt. #358 He couldn’t understand a word she said. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #51

We are coming up on a year of writing prompts–isn't it amazing what a passing fancy of an idea can produce if you set your mind to it? Plans are afoot to compile the entire year of them into a book–that's a little project for August, before I take off for Europe. But in the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Five Things on Friday

Five Things on Friday: July 17, 2015

It's another Five Things on Friday post. Admit it, you woke up this morning just dying to hop on over here and read the latest one. Well, here it is. What I'm Reading: Still working on a couple of books from last week, including Leaving Time. Don't tell them, but its due today at the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

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Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #50

Here are the prompts for the week from my Tumblr blog. Have at it! #343 When the party ended… #344 He walked and walked and walked until he couldn’t walk anymore because…. #345 A nun, a cowboy and a CEO dressed in a fancy suit walked into a bar. You write the rest. #346 What […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Writing Practice Writing Process

What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Write

So there you are. You've cleared your schedule and made time to write. The kids are farmed out, the dog is asleep, your partner is happily watching something stupid on TV. You open a file, place your hands on your keyboard, and ….. nothing happens. You don't know what to write. And when you don't […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #49

Happy Fourth of July to those of you in the United States! I hope you have all the freedom as a writer that you desire. Here is the latest collection of prompts from my Tumblr blog. Have a wonderful day and be careful whatever you do! (It is so hot here and has been for […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Writing Habits Writing Practice

Writing In the Summertime

My outdoor writing space It is hot here in Portland, mid to upper 90s all last week and more of the same this week, with temps predicted to reach into the 100s by the weekend. We usually get some hot hot weather during the summer, but this is very early for a heat wave and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #48

Ah, yes, better late than never. It is Saturday, albeit nearly time for Happy Hour in my neck of the woods, and here is my latest collection of writing prompts for you. I've not been dallying around, I've been teaching all day–a fine group of local students who showed up despite forecasted temperatures of 102 […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

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Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #53

Room to Write, January 7-10, 2016, Nashville, TN

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #52

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #51

Five Things on Friday: July 17, 2015

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #50

What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Write

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #49

Writing In the Summertime

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #48

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