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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

Guest Post

Guest Post: It’s Between the Page and I, 6 Things I Learned Over 10 Days of Morning Pages

While I'm on retreat, I've got a variety of guest posts for you. Today, please welcome Resham Khiani, as she writes about morning pages. It's Between the Page and I, 6 Things I Learned Over 10 Days of Morning Pages by Resham Khiani It's 8:00am on Saturday morning. Another long, hard week in London has […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/06/2015

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

Writing Inspiration

The Art of Seeing

A writer is nothing without ideas. Ideas are so important to our craft that I do a whole class on them. Where do ideas come from? One place they come from is observation. Which means the ability to see is vital to the writer. Here's the deal: we get wrapped up in our stuff really […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

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

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Coaching Package Sale

Quick heads up–I'm having a two-day sale on my three-month, paid-in-advance coaching package. If ever you're considered hiring a writing coach, this is the time to do it, because I'm offering the packages for half off. You can visit the sale page to learn more about it. Just think, in three months, you could have […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

The Writing Life Writing

Balance vs. Excellence

A Post Wherein I Explore Two Approachs to Writing and Confess I Don't Know Which is Best. Let's begin with balance. It has been a bit of a massive buzz word the past few years, with experts telling us we need it in our lives and offering advice on how to achieve it. Seems it's […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Rejection

7 Steps to Handle Rejection

I do my best to stay positive about writing. I feel lucky every day that my passion is writing, and I think most of you do, too. So even on days when I feel like I have a million things to grouse about, I try to find a way to be positive about something. Because […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

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Saturday Writing Tip: Scenes

Guest Post: It’s Between the Page and I, 6 Things I Learned Over 10 Days of Morning Pages

Now It Can Be Told

Here, Not There

Guest Post: Engross Your Readers

The Art of Seeing

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

Coaching Package Sale

Balance vs. Excellence

7 Steps to Handle Rejection

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