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The Party is Finally Over and Its Time to Ponder 2009

Everybody left today. Our house party began a week ago, when the snow started falling and didn't stop for days. There's still snow on the streets, but now it is accompanied by deep tire ruts filled with water, because it is raining. Hooray! We Oregonians love the rain. At least this Oregonian does. Regretfully, I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago12/14/2015

Writing

Lessons From The Snow

Its been snowing in Portland since Saturday and now we have about a foot on the ground. I know that most of you consider Oregon a northern state and you thus assume that we always get a lot of snow, but such is not the case. Its been five years since we've gotten an appreciable […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

When Should a Writer Write For Free?

We interrupt regular programming to bring you this guest post by Roy Burkhead, as Charlotte is beating her head against the wall at the snowstorm blanketing the city, repeating over and over, "Why, oh why, did I wait until the last minute to shop?" Enjoy! And cheer her up by commenting. Do you agree with […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago

Creativity Writing

Writing and Resting: The Winter Solstice

A theme is emerging as we near the official start of winter. A friend emails that she's tired, depressed and depleted, the end result of consistent beating herself up for not writing. Never mind that a beloved friend of hers recently died, her business, like so many others, is rapidly changing, and she suddenly finds […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

I’m baaaaack

Please forgive the long absence (well, its only been a week and a half or so. But that's an eon in blog years.) I have not been blogging for two good reasons: 1. I was out of town. 2. I have been having Thoughts, of a deep nature. Thoughts about what, you might ask? Well, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Free Book Offering: Going To A Place Far, Far Away

Well, its not that far, really. I'm heading up to the Washington coast to visit my Nashville friend Sue at her father's place. What makes it feel far, far away is that there is no internet service and no cell phone service. No blogging! No Twitter! No text messaging! However, I'm only going to be […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Overcoming Flat Scenes: Rising and Falling Action

This is the third post in a series on scenes, and specifically, flat scenes. You can find part one of the series here, and part two, here. What is a flat scene? It is one in which the emotional tenor is the same all the way through. For instance your heroine may start out the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago12/12/2015

Writing

Feel the Fear and Write it Anyway

We interrupt the current series on scene to bring you this post on writing, fear, and creativity. I was having breakfast with my wonderful Nashville friend Sue (wait, should I say she's from Nashville if she is originally from Portland?) this morning and we started talking about feeling skittish and being nervous and anxious. (Did […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

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Elements of a Scene

Yesterday, I wrote about the problem of flat scenes (not to be confused with flat screens) and how they can be very dull and boring. As I emoted about the dullness and boringness of flat scenes and planned to write about how to avoid them, the thought occurred to me that this might be a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

When The World, Or Your Scene, Is Flat

I've been having issues with flat scenes. Flat scenes are problematic because you may not even know that they are flat. You have a vague notion that something is wrong with the scene or chapter. It is boring, or it just doesn't work for some reason. You struggle and struggle to improve them, to make […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

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The Party is Finally Over and Its Time to Ponder 2009

Lessons From The Snow

When Should a Writer Write For Free?

Writing and Resting: The Winter Solstice

I’m baaaaack

Free Book Offering: Going To A Place Far, Far Away

Overcoming Flat Scenes: Rising and Falling Action

Feel the Fear and Write it Anyway

Elements of a Scene

When The World, Or Your Scene, Is Flat

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