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Round Two: In Love With the World

I’m in Orlando, at the Suzanne Evans 10K business intensive, and while I’m gone I thought it would be fun to post some oldies. I chose this one because it talks about one of my favorite topics: how writing makes you fall in love with the world. (Note: Suzanne no longer does theta healing, but […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago12/14/2015

Writing

Chunking It Down

You know the old question, how do you eat an elephant? And the answer is, one bite at a time. Well, this post is sort of like that. Because we're going to talk, you and I, about how you write, which is somewhat like how you eat an elephant: you write one chunk at a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Fear inspiration

But I Can’t Be Happy

Does this ever happen to you? Suddenly and wonderfully, for no known reason, you feel a flash of happiness, or a rush of sudden joy. Ah, glory. You stop to revel in it. And then… Up pops that voice. The one that whispers: Yes, but… Yes, but, remember? I can't be happy! Why? I can't […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Clearing

The Mental Cleanse For Writers (And Others!)

Seems like every other person I meet these days is doing a cleanse. I get it. Stuff gets stuck in your digestive passages and other organs and affects you in negative ways. You don't have as much pep, or as they used to call it, get up and go. You feel a bit blah and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Enough

The Art of Being Enough, Writer’s Edition

One of my favorite current spiritual messages is: you are enough. Or, to put it more personally, I am enough. I've written about this before (actually twice, here and here,) but it is important enough (there's that word again) to write about it again. Because, as a writer, it is hard not to constantly question […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Story

There’s Power in Conflict

I volunteer with an organization called Step It Up, which connects high school students with experts in their chosen careers, and offers advice and support around jobs. Over the last couple of months, I've done a couple of writing workshops for them, with a co-leader who is a teacher. The last two days we've been […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Process

Expansion and Contraction, or Glumping and Haiku

Convincing a group of at-risk teens that writing is not only a useful activity, but a fun one, could be a bit of a challenge, wouldn't you say? And that was my charge at a workshop I co-lead on Monday for an organization I volunteer for, Step It Up. The nonprofit hosts a Career Club […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing

Prepping to Write a Novel

When it comes to fiction writing, lately I've been struggling. First I was totally committed to writing one novel. Oh, but no. Then I decided that I absolutely, positively was in love with a different idea. Until I desperately needed to work on yet a third idea, the best one yet! This has been my […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Books Writing

Why Did You Decide to Become a Writer?

I'm playing around with a new character, whose life is defined by the books she reads. And this has made me ponder how intertwined my life is with the books I read. I refer to characters from books I've read in my brain all the time, sometimes learning from their actions, or using what they […]

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 16 years ago11/03/2015

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Round Two: In Love With the World

Chunking It Down

But I Can’t Be Happy

The Mental Cleanse For Writers (And Others!)

The Art of Being Enough, Writer’s Edition

There’s Power in Conflict

Expansion and Contraction, or Glumping and Haiku

Prepping to Write a Novel

Why Did You Decide to Become a Writer?

Have a Place To Go in Your Writing

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