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Link Round-up: Tips on Writing

While I'm away in Europe, I'm posting some old articles from the archives and some link round-ups. Today's selection is on writing tips of various stripes. Here you go: Saturday Writing Tip: Scenes Saturday Writing Tip: Observation Tips for Writing: Overcoming Resistance Tips on Writing: Writing by Hand Tips on Writing: Building Momentum Writing Tip: […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity

From the Archives: Power Writing and Creativity

While I'm writing and teaching in Spain and France, enjoy this post from April 2008 (one of my favorites I've ever written): First, though, I want to talk about creativity in general. I consider it to be one branch of the Three-Fold Writer’s Path, and in many ways, it is the most crucial. You can be the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago11/12/2015

Writing Process

Parsing for Plotters: Three Methods

First off, I probably need to explain my headline. For starters, I'm a plotter, as opposed to a pantser, though I'm not a terribly serious, must-know-everything plotter. I know most of you know the difference between a plotter and a pantser, but there are always newbies among us and so I shall pontificate: A […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Link round-up Novel Writing

Link Round-up: Writing the Novel

While I'm teaching writing in Europe, I'm mining my eight years of articles on writing for you. Once a week I'm posting a link round-up on a certain subject. I'll also re-post an oldie but goodie in full on a different day. And I've got a couple of new posts scheduled for you as well. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Travel

While She Was Out

I grew up partially in my Dad's printing plant. One of the many things I loved about that was hanging out in the front office, which was cleaner and more organized than the rest of the shop, but not by much. And one of the best things about the office was the office supplies. I […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #55

It is Saturday! Time for my weekly prompt round-up, with prompts taken from my Tumblr blog. Pay special attention to this one, because I'm taking a brief hiatus from these posts for the duration of my time in Europe. But there's almost 400 prompts on the Tumblr blog, so head over there if you need […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Five Things on Friday Travel

5 Things on Friday: Feeling Frazzled Edition

Why I'm Frazzled: BECAUSE I'M LEAVING FOR EUROPE ON TUESDAY. That's why. What I'm Reading: Same thing I was reading last week, The Surrender Experiment, by Michael Singer. I'm about 10 pages from the end, and was going to finish it at lunchtime but then the phone rang and I got distracted. But, for your […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Five Things on Friday

5 Things on Friday: August 21, 2015, Better Late Than Never Edition

Here it is Friday afternoon on a beautiful day in Portland. And here, at last, are my five things for the week: What I'm Reading: The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer. I'm leading a discussion group on Singer's most popular book, The Untethered Soul, in October, which is why I got onto this title. It […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Distraction Travel

How to Write While Traveling (Or Otherwise Distracted): 7 Strategies

The best travel journal ever I am distracted. My thoughts, I will admit, are on Europe these days. Because, I WILL BE THERE IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. So I am distracted. And when I am there I will be distracted. (Because, Barcelona, people. Paris. Collioure.) And yet, I am still doing my best […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #54

Ah summertime….I've been on vacation, I've been slacking…no scratch that last one, I have not been slacking since I got home. There's much to do to catch up from vacation and get ready to be out of the country for three weeks. Awk! The thought of it makes my heart pound–in a good way and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

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Tag: writing

Link Round-up: Tips on Writing

From the Archives: Power Writing and Creativity

Parsing for Plotters: Three Methods

Link Round-up: Writing the Novel

While She Was Out

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #55

5 Things on Friday: Feeling Frazzled Edition

5 Things on Friday: August 21, 2015, Better Late Than Never Edition

How to Write While Traveling (Or Otherwise Distracted): 7 Strategies

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #54

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