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7 Ways to Use Writing Prompts With Your Current Project

Writing prompts…love 'em or hate 'em. Some people swear by them, while others shudder at the thought of using a writing prompt in their work. Because, too often, using random writing prompts can lead you astray. And let's face it, most prompts are a bit on the random side, aren't they? Those books of prompts […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Books Novel Writing

8 Essential Tools For Book Writing (Just in Time for Nanowrimo)

The thing about writing is that you can accomplish it without much in the way of tools. Really, all you need to finish a book is something to write on and something to write with. Of course, a computer is also helpful, but strictly speaking, it is not a requirement. Theoretically, you could write your […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

5 Ways to End Worrying and Write (Or Create)

Worrying is not good for your writing or your creativity. Or anything else, really. How can you write the next great American novel when you are obsessing about how to pay the bills? Or if your marriage is going to survive? Or if your teenager is going to make it through high school without getting […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Inspiration Friday

Inspiration Friday: The Blogosphere (With Bonus: What I’d Change)

A week or so ago, awesome blogger and novelist Christi Corbett gave me an award: Thanks, Christi! The idea of the award is twofold: 1. You are supposed to pass it on to several other bloggers, and, 2. You are supposed to write an answer to the question, if you could go back and change […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

inspiration Writing

7 Ways to Knowing What to Write

When I was the mother of two young children, I would beg babysitting time from friends so that I could write. For awhile, I had a desk stuck in a back hallway in amongst the coats and baseball bats and mittens. I'd take the kids to my my friend's house and sit at the desk […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Character Prompts

I've been struggling a bit with my new novel. I've gotten to know my main character quite well and I adore her, with all her foibles and faults. But, amazingly enough, she is not the only character in the novel. I know, shocking, but there it is. Other characters are giving themselves up to me […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Travel Writing

The Brain Dump

I'm just back from a road trip that knocked my socks off. I drove, with two friends, to a remote ranch in southeastern Oregon, near Steens Mountain. (The above photo was taken on the gravel road up to the summit if said mountain. The Aspens were peaking and unbelievably gorgeous.) This part of Oregon is […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Inspiration Friday

Inspiration Friday: Rocket Photo Works

For this week's inspiration, I feature…my daughter, the talented photographer Ariane Hopman. She's in the middle of about a million life transitions, including a new marriage, a new home that will soon be a mini-urban farm, and a fabulous new job. But in her spare time, she's starting a photo business. Annie graduated from the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Voice

Greatest Hits: Finding Your Personal Style As A Writer

While I'm in Frenchglen where there is no internet connection, I'm running an old blog post. This one was originally posted back in 2007, and I thought it was apropos here since I just wrote another post on voice this past Monday. Here it is: One of my blog buddies, Renny, suggested I answer this […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Writing to Voice

Ah, voice. That mysterious and sometimes elusive quality that everyone looks for in writing. Agents and editors seek it and readers turn pages like crazy when it is present. Your favorite blogs have it. Your favorite characters have one. Non-fiction books are written in specific voices, and magazines have a voice keyed to their demographic–O […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

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7 Ways to Use Writing Prompts With Your Current Project

8 Essential Tools For Book Writing (Just in Time for Nanowrimo)

5 Ways to End Worrying and Write (Or Create)

Inspiration Friday: The Blogosphere (With Bonus: What I’d Change)

7 Ways to Knowing What to Write

Character Prompts

The Brain Dump

Inspiration Friday: Rocket Photo Works

Greatest Hits: Finding Your Personal Style As A Writer

Writing to Voice

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