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Loving Your Writing Up

I was in a place last week where there was much talk of getting loved up. Which means, in case you hadn't guessed, beaming love onto a person so that they feel wonderful, amazing and fantastic. And this got me thinking about loving up our writing. Because much of the time we don't. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 11 years ago11/03/2015

The Writing Life

Just Write It

As you all know, I teach writing, and I coach writers and I write about writing on this here blog. There's seven years worth of posts here–over a thousand of them last time I looked–and they all have something to do with writing. In truth, I don't write a whole lot about the actual mechanics […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 11 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: Being a Writer Is More Than It’s Cracked Up To Be

Please welcome Angie Dixon to the blog today. We share a last name and also a passion for writing and creativity! I know you'll enjoy her post. (And be sure to check out the free report she's offering here.) Being a Writer is More Than It’s Cracked Up to Be by Angie Dixon I’ve been a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 11 years ago11/03/2015

The Writing Life

You Are Allowed…To Be a Writer

You are allowed to get so engrossed in your writing you forget to cook dinner (but set an alarm so you don't forget and leave children stranded in odd places). You are allowed to follow the peaks and valleys of the creative process. You are allowed to passionately practice your writing every day. And, you […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

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While I am Out: My Old Friend Paralysis

Note: I grew up in the printing plant my father owned, and he had a whole stack of pads titled While You Were Out, with check boxes and lines to fill in about things that happened in his absence. I am going to be out for a few days at a wedding, so I thought […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

The One Thing You Need to Do to be a Successful Writer

Okay, are you ready? I'm about to reveal it all. The one and only thing you need to do to be a writer, that will guarantee you success on some level. And that is… Drum roll, please…. The one thing you need to do to be a successful writer is to write. You need to […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Reading The Writing Life

Rain or Shine Readings

My business partner Debbie and I have volunteered to take over the organization of a local reading series. It was begun last year by a mystery writer and when he moved away, one of our local writing groups, the Oregon Writer's Colony, took it over. The series is held at a coffee shop close […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Ideas

10 Ways to Cultivate Writing Ideas

This is you, with all your ideas aglow in your head. It's a shiny new year and many of us have worked hard to note goals and dreams for 2014. No matter what your writing goals, they are all dependent on one thing: a plethora of ideas. So I thought it might be a good […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Habits Writing Process

How To Not Get Writing Done

The other day I was looking for something on my computer. (I spend a fair amount of time doing this. I probably need to get my files a bit better organized.) And I ran across an old guest post I wrote a few years ago, the title of which was something to the effect of, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Process

10,000 words in a Day? Impossible!

By guest blogger Milli Thornton 10,000 words in a day? Impossible! That's what I said in 2006 when my friend Jenny Turner asked me to do a "10K Day." To be accurate, I didn't say it was impossible for Jenny. I already knew she could do it. I said it was impossible for me. I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Charlotte Rains Dixon

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Loving Your Writing Up

Just Write It

Guest Post: Being a Writer Is More Than It’s Cracked Up To Be

You Are Allowed…To Be a Writer

While I am Out: My Old Friend Paralysis

The One Thing You Need to Do to be a Successful Writer

Rain or Shine Readings

10 Ways to Cultivate Writing Ideas

How To Not Get Writing Done

10,000 words in a Day? Impossible!

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