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The Tyranny of Word Count

Every morning on my calendar I note how many words I’ve written (my main fiction writing time is early in the morning). My goal is 1500-2000 words a day, which is a nice pace for me. If I’m on, I can hit 2K easily, but on off days, 500 words is a stretch. Counting words […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago

Five Things on Friday

Five on Friday: July 8, 2016

Well, howdy. It’s been awhile since I’ve done a Five on Friday, mainly because I’ve been busy doing stuff but no particular things stand out, if you know what I mean. But since I know you’re just dying for an update (ha, like you don’t have five million things going on yourself), here goes: What […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago07/06/2016

Otherwhere

Well Hey, Otherwhere, It’s Nice to See You Again!

I’ve been remiss in providing you with Otherwhere links for quite some time now. The problem is not that I don’t have enough, it’s that I have too many. And when I start to corral them, I get overwhelmed. Okay. Deep breath. Here we go (and forgive me if they are not in any particular […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago

Procrastination Writing Habits

Out of Sync

I’ve been out of sync with my writing lately. (And my blog posts, too, as you may have noticed.) Off my feed, unchained from my computer, thinking about things other than my writing. I’m best when I write every day, or close to it. I get into a rhythm and it becomes just something I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago

Creativity Uncategorized Writing

Meanwhile, I’ll Be Busy Making S*&% Up

Writing a novel is, at heart, all about making shit up. That phrase–making shit up–became the constant refrain of my Mapping the Novel workshop at the Sitka Center last week. (It was the BEST workshop ever, mostly because of my wonderful students, but also because of the fabulous staff and the spectacular location. I could go […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago

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Mapping the Novel: A Whole-brained Approach

So, today is Friday and usually often on Friday I do a round-up post called Five on Friday in which I tell what’s going on in my life. As I started to write that post today, I realized that most of it would be taken up with information about the workshop I’m going to teach […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago

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Otherwhere: Almost Summer

It has come to my attention that next weekend is Memorial Day. Could somebody please tell me how that happened? And, though summer doesn’t officially start until after the solstice, we all know that Memorial Day is the unofficial beginning of long, lazy days, right? Well, if someone could show me a universe in which […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago

The Writing Life

Detoxing Your Writing, Your Writing Mindset, and Your Writing Habits

I am at this moment a fool for detoxing. I’m doing a three-month heavy metal detox (under doctor’s supervision—don’t try this at home) and, at the same time (because why not), a detox designed to clean out my gut and make it healthier. I’ll spare you the gory details of it all, other than to […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago05/03/2016

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Otherwhere: Special Toto Edition

Yes, Toto. As in, the song Africa. Maybe you have to be a certain age to appreciate that song. Or maybe not, because the tune is lilting and ubiquitous. Anyway, you’ll have to scroll down to find out what I’m talking about. Lots going on lately, as in many great links, and I’ve not been […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Writing Habits

What’s On Your Desk

(My inspiration for this post comes from a list penned by Anne Wayman.) What’s on your desk? My computer, a small Dell laptop A cat (just about always) A yellow legal pad with notes on it Two books about writing The little journal in which I keep my to-do lists and make […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

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The Tyranny of Word Count

Five on Friday: July 8, 2016

Well Hey, Otherwhere, It’s Nice to See You Again!

Out of Sync

Meanwhile, I’ll Be Busy Making S*&% Up

Mapping the Novel: A Whole-brained Approach

Otherwhere: Almost Summer

Detoxing Your Writing, Your Writing Mindset, and Your Writing Habits

Otherwhere: Special Toto Edition

What’s On Your Desk

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