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12 Habits That Will Bolster a Consistent Writing Practice

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Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing Writing Process

Knowing What You’re Going to Write Before You Write

How many words do you put on the page in a typical writing session? 500? 1,000? When I wrote my novel, Emma Jean's Bad Behavior, my deal with myself was to write 2,000 words a day. Didn't matter when I wrote them, but if I hadn't written them before bedtime, I had to stay up […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Process

Got Writing Velocity?

I've been mulling the concept of momentum in writing lately, because I think I'm finally getting some in my new novel. As I pondered, I hit on the idea of writing velocity. What is writing velocity? Here's the dictionary definition of velocity: "the distance an object travels in a specified direction during a unit of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago

Viewpoint

Saturday Writing Tip: Experiment with Viewpoint

At the Diamond writing retreat I co-led, I got clarity about where I'm going with my current novel. (On some odd subliminal level, getting my first novel accepted has made a huge difference in my commitment level to this WIP.) But last week I spent most of my time caring for my daughter and The […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago

Character

7 Ways to Get to Know Your Character

No matter what you're writing, memoir, fiction or even web copy, character is everything. You've got to know your character through and through in order to write successfully. This was brought home to me all over again last week, when I spent the week with my daughter and her baby and learned, first hand, what […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago

Saturday Writing Tip

Saturday Writing Tip: Scenes

This morning while writing Morning Pages I had a brainstorm for a new series of Saturday posts. Short and sweet, offering one writing tip. This, my friends, is the inaugural post, on scenes. Scenes dramatize writing. They bring it to life on the page. Scenes have dialogues, interiority, description and movement. I know, you know […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing Publishing

Now It Can Be Told

So, the contract for my novel is signed, sealed, and delivered. And I now feel comfortable revealing the name of the publisher. It is Vagabondage Press. If you go to the link, you'll see they are looking for "literary quality quirky romance and love stories, fantasy, horror, and women's fiction." What's not to love about […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Retreats

Here, Not There

Last week I co-lead a writer's retreat in remote Diamond, Oregon. (We kept referring to it as "the middle of nowhere" but one of the hotel's employees took offense to that. However, it kind of is.) It was an awesome week, with attendees and myself and my co-leader making strides in our writing. I had […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: Engross Your Readers

While I’m away, I’ve got an array of guest posts for you. Today’s comes from Alice Anderson. Engross your readers by Alice Anderson I recently read an ARC from Karen Hawkins that got me thinking about ways to engross your readers. This book, The Taming of a Scottish Princess, did a fabulous job of it. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/04/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: The Life of a Writer–Peaceful to Frazzled

While I'm away, I'm running a variety of guest posts. Today's post is from Alene Snodgrass of Positively Alene. Welcome, Alene! The Life of a Writer–Peaceful to Frazzled It was a beautiful morning. The sun was slowly taking away the night sky and the sunrise colors emerging were shades of pink and orange. It was […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Charlotte Rains Dixon

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12 Habits That Will Bolster a Consistent Writing Practice

Knowing What You’re Going to Write Before You Write

Got Writing Velocity?

Saturday Writing Tip: Experiment with Viewpoint

7 Ways to Get to Know Your Character

Saturday Writing Tip: Scenes

Now It Can Be Told

Here, Not There

Guest Post: Engross Your Readers

Guest Post: The Life of a Writer–Peaceful to Frazzled

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