viewpoint Archives - Charlotte Rains Dixon

Depending on Your Point of View (A Love Letter)

You live for adventure and global travel. Or you love to stay home by the cozy fire. You can’t stay still—you have to be doing something. Or everything you love to do involves sitting. You love gardening. Or you hate getting your hands dirty. You agree with everything our president says, or you take to […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 7 years ago07/07/2018

Novel Writing Viewpoint

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Viewpoint But Were too Confused to Ask

This is the blog post on viewpoint I promised in my last post, wherein I talked about how I judged a writing contest and nearly all the entries had problems with sketchy world building and viewpoint. Getting viewpoint wrong sinks your manuscript from the get-go. Send an agent a story rife with viewpoint violations and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 11 years ago11/03/2015

Viewpoint

Point of View Tips and Tweaks

I spent yesterday afternoon reading a rewrite of a client's novel (at least the first part of it). He has struggled with point of view in the past, and I've nudged him mercilessly on it. So I was thrilled to see that he is mastering it! Reading his manuscript brought to mind some tips on […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Writing Events

The Dream World

"Imagination is sacred and divine–I trust it implicitly." So said Andre Dubus III at his Wordstock reading last weekend. Dubus, best known for House of Sand and Fog, read from his latest novel, The Garden of Last Days, which was inspired by the Florida sojourns of the 9-11 hijackers. After he read from the book, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago12/14/2015

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How Far Away Are You? Part Two

Several days ago, I wrote Part One of this post on distance in viewpoint. Rashly, at that moment, I promised a Part Two, complete with how-tos. The how-tos are the hard part, because as with all writing, they are difficult to explain and sometimes even more difficult to put into action. But sometimes not. But […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

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How Far Away Are You?

I refer to the issue of distance in viewpoint. Yawn. Way to make a post fascinating, right? Excuse you while you lean your head back in your chair and take a wee nap. Once you've dozed for a minute, you might want to rouse yourself for this one, because it can make the difference between […]