screenwriting Archives - Charlotte Rains Dixon

Christmas Movies

It’s a few days before Christmas, and I still have shopping to do and presents to wrap. And cookies to bake. Forgot about that. So what am I going to do tonight? Watch a Christmas movie, of course. Because, Christmas movie. Enough said. In general, I’m a terrible movie watcher, which is ironic for a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago01/22/2016

Books Creativity Writing

The Writing Life: LA in November

LA in November is warm and sunny, though everyone here insists is it freezing cold. As I write this in Pasadena, it is 75 degrees, which, let me emphasize, is NOT COLD, though it was chilly enough this morning to have to cover up with a blanket during the daily writing session on the porch. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Travel Writing

The Writing Life: Letter from LA

Sitting in the garden at the Pasadena coffee shop called Zephyr, I whiled away a few good hours talking with my screenwriting friend Brian. We discussed the movie biz and the publishing world while a gentle breeze rustled the ivy covering the patio walls and handsome Armenians smoked hookahs at a table nearby. Russian literature […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Character or Plot Driven? and Other Between Holiday Thoughts

My screenwriting friend Marc sent me a link to an article by Lawrence Konner, writer for a gazillion projects including Planet of the Apes (!) and multiple upcoming movies that sound blockbuster-ish. There's a lot of good bits in this article, so much so that you could take any one of Konner's pronouncements and expand […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015