writing workshops Archives - Charlotte Rains Dixon

About Writing Workshops and Retreats (A Love Letter)

I talk a lot about writing workshops and retreats, because I love them both so much. But I’m aware that sometimes in the past I’ve used the terms workshop and retreat interchangeably, causing all matter of confusion and consternation. So let’s discuss, shall we? During a writing workshop, writers submit work, either ahead of time […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 8 years ago04/28/2018

Five Things on Friday Travel

Home at Last: What’s Going On

After three weeks in France, I’m home again. Even though the Google and my phone still feed me the occasional search result or ad in French, it is nice to be able to understand the language people are speaking around me. (It’s always a shock to land back in a U.S. airport on the journey […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 9 years ago

Travel Uncategorized Writing Process

Preparation is Three-Quarters of the Battle

I’m leaving for France (Paris and Ceret) soon. I’m not one of those people who pack and repack a week ahead. No, you’ll find me throwing clothes in the suitcase the night before. But, and this is a big but—when the time comes for me to commence said throwing, I will know exactly what I’m […]

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

Five Things on Friday Uncategorized

Five on Friday: Glories of Coffee Edition

Good morning! Let’s dive in. What crisis occurred this morning: I woke to the news that the electric coffee pot was not working. This was not good. This was very, very bad. I pulled out my phone and looked up the hours of the nearest Starbucks (luckily, we’ve got at least three within a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Classes Retreats Uncategorized Writing Retreats

Writers: Step Away From Your Computer*

Yeah, I know. It’s November and you’re holed up in your writing cave. Because, NaNoWriMo. You’ve got words to write! 50,000 of them, to be exact! And even if you’re not participating in that NaNo thing, you’re doing your best to get tons of words on the page every day because that’s what we writers […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago01/22/2016

Fear

Five on Friday: What’s Going On

What Who I'm in Love With: My new grandson, Owen Lewis Hopman, born October 13, thus becoming the 9th Libra among our extended family and friends. He was two weeks overdue, and I'm convinced that he just wanted to make certain he had his very own birthday, rather than sharing it with a grandfather, grandmother, father or uncle […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

Travel

Why Every Writer Should Travel

I'm just back from three weeks in Europe, one week for leading a writing workshop, and the other two for fun. However, I am a firm believer that even the two "fun" weeks contributed greatly to my writing career. Yeah, it might have looked like I was lolling about in the south of France, eating tapas […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

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Tag: writing workshops

About Writing Workshops and Retreats (A Love Letter)

Home at Last: What’s Going On

Preparation is Three-Quarters of the Battle

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

Mapping the Novel: A Whole-brained Approach

Otherwhere: Almost Summer

Five on Friday: Glories of Coffee Edition

Writers: Step Away From Your Computer*

Five on Friday: What’s Going On

Why Every Writer Should Travel

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