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Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #50

Here are the prompts for the week from my Tumblr blog. Have at it! #343 When the party ended… #344 He walked and walked and walked until he couldn’t walk anymore because…. #345 A nun, a cowboy and a CEO dressed in a fancy suit walked into a bar. You write the rest. #346 What […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Writing Practice Writing Process

What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Write

So there you are. You've cleared your schedule and made time to write. The kids are farmed out, the dog is asleep, your partner is happily watching something stupid on TV. You open a file, place your hands on your keyboard, and ….. nothing happens. You don't know what to write. And when you don't […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #49

Happy Fourth of July to those of you in the United States! I hope you have all the freedom as a writer that you desire. Here is the latest collection of prompts from my Tumblr blog. Have a wonderful day and be careful whatever you do! (It is so hot here and has been for […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Books Personal

Five Things on Friday

It's summertime, in case you hadn't noticed, and my brain is feeling lazy. So, inspired by Tim Ferriss, who sent out a 5-Bullet Friday to subscribers (I'm one, though I have a little bit of a love-hate relationship with him), I thought I'd write a lazy blog post. Besides, today is a holiday, or sort […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #48

Ah, yes, better late than never. It is Saturday, albeit nearly time for Happy Hour in my neck of the woods, and here is my latest collection of writing prompts for you. I've not been dallying around, I've been teaching all day–a fine group of local students who showed up despite forecasted temperatures of 102 […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Writing Writing Habits

Stupid Writer Tricks: 7 Crucial Mistakes Writers Make

Sometimes I like to tell myself stories, say, when I'm doing the dishes (which my husband might claim is rare) or putting on my make-up and drying my hair. And it occurred to me recently, that a couple of my favorite stories fell into the category of colleagues doing Stupid Writer Tricks. (Because, in the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #47

It's Saturday, and you know what that means, don't you? Darn right, it's time for prompts. Here's my weekly round-up of them for you, compiled from my Tumblr blog. And don't forget I wrote a blog post about prompt writing this week, which you can read here. #323 Country or city? Which is your […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #46

Herewith, the latest collection of writing prompts from my Tumblr blog, where I post a prompt a day. I hope they help you write tons and tons this week! #316 They tell me I should never have let anyone know what happened. #317 “Honey, I’m home!” Your main character’s significant other just walked in the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

movies

Why Going to the Movies is Good for Your Writing

In my last post, I revealed the sorry state of my latest reading. I've not read nearly as many novels as usual recently. But one thing I have been doing is going to the movies. If there's one thing I love to do on the weekends, it is to go to the movies. I love, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

Prompts

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #45

It is sunny and hot here in Portland, hot like in the nineties. Not my favorite. My office is upstairs for the time being (I'm working on moving it downstairs) and it gets hot up here so I'll be driven away from the computer soon enough. (I'm pretty sure we're going to see the movie […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 10 years ago

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Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #50

What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Write

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #49

Five Things on Friday

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #48

Stupid Writer Tricks: 7 Crucial Mistakes Writers Make

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #47

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #46

Why Going to the Movies is Good for Your Writing

Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #45

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