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Travel

Jet Lag

I have returned. France was wonderful. Paris has only gotten better in the years since I've been there, and Ceret, the small town in the south of France where I spent a week leading a writing retreat, charming. I had full intentions to blog regularly during my trip. Obviously, that didn't happen. To my credit, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Retreats

The Art of Retreating

I'm in France, embarking on a week-long writing adventure, co-leading a workshop/retreat. (Not to make you jealous or anything.) There's probably nothing more invigorating for your writing than to get away with the specific intent to write. And, if you struggle to find time to write in your daily schedule, a retreat can offer that […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Process

Finishing Things Up

It was Sunday afternoon. The first rainy day we've had in ages. I had run around all morning: to church, to my sister's to pick up a European outlet adapter, and to the nail salon for a pedicure. So, really? All I wanted to do was relax. Maybe doze on the couch. Make some progress […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation Thinking

Love Yourself, Love Your Writing

We're awfully hard on ourselves, our own worst enemies. At least I am! And I suspect I'm not so different from other creatives: I'm judgmental of myself –hyper critical at the best of times. My thoughts run all over: That thing I just said? How idiotic! What a lump for not speaking up. Oh god, I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Time

It’s Not Finding Time, It’s Finding Space…Mental Space

At the moment, I'm balancing a number of projects: two big assignments for two separate clients; reading and commenting on student work, and attempting to find time to work on my novel. And then there's that idea for the other novel I'm researching. Oh, and let's not forget the blog and newsletter. It's a lot, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Focus

What Do You Focus On?

What you put your attention on grows. It's that simple. So if you put your attention on how wonderful it is to write every day, that writing habit will grow. If you focus on how much fun it is to submit to agents (I'm feeling funny today), you'll do more of it. If you think […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

The Writing Life

The Writing Life: Berry Picking

When you're a writer (or any kind of creative person) you link everything back to your writing. At least I do, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. It's the nature of the creative process to become a sponge for everything around you. This is particularly true when you're in the middle of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Fear

What Your Inner Critic Wants You to Know

I wrote a guest post for Jessica Baverstock at Creativity's Workshop on the writer's Inner GPS, our internal guidance system that is never wrong and can help us greatly with our writing. (You can go read it now, I'll wait.) And because of that, I started thinking a lot about the Inner Critic, which is […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Uncategorized

Can Writing Set You Free?

Today is Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, a day in which we Americans celebrate the anniversary of our freedom from those pesky English overlords. There's currently a lot of media attention to the themes of freedom and independence, and thus I've been thinking of how these concepts apply to writing. Many […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Process