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You Are Allowed…To Be a Writer

You are allowed to get so engrossed in your writing you forget to cook dinner (but set an alarm so you don't forget and leave children stranded in odd places). You are allowed to follow the peaks and valleys of the creative process. You are allowed to passionately practice your writing every day. And, you […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

inspiration Writing Process

Keep Calm and Carry On Writing

Keep calm and carry on. The saying is a cliche of the highest order by now, its initial message as positive propaganda during World War II long since co-opted for commercial purposes. But for some reason it popped into my head a few days ago and wouldn't leave. Maybe because my life has been anything […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Travel Writing Habits Writing Process

My Mind is as Dry as the Desert

(Brief aside: you know how you can remember the difference in spelling between dessert and desert? You want more of dessert, and thus it has two of the letter s in it. My seventh grade teacher, Charles Nakvasil, taught me that. He owned movie theaters after he quit teaching.) Last week I was out of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Fear Writing Exercises

While I Was Out: Say Hello to Your Critic

Note: I grew up in the printing plant my father owned, and he had a whole stack of pads titled While You Were Out, with check boxes and lines to fill in about things that happened in his absence. I am going to be out for a few days at a wedding, so I thought I'd fun […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

The One Thing You Need to Do to be a Successful Writer

Okay, are you ready? I'm about to reveal it all. The one and only thing you need to do to be a writer, that will guarantee you success on some level. And that is… Drum roll, please…. The one thing you need to do to be a successful writer is to write. You need to […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Inspiration Writing Process

What To Do When The Words Just Don’t Sound Right

(Note: I was going to call them damn words in the headline, because sometimes the words feel like they need cursing. But then I censored myself, because this is going out in my newsletter, and I don't want to offend people. Do words like damn offend people? I don't know. You tell me. I wouldn't […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Practice

Another Helpful Practice for Writers

Yeah, sometimes I have a one-track mind. Last week I wrote about some slightly different regular writing practices (beyond the usual round-ups of meditating and all the other things we try to do regularly and fail at). And now here I am again, with the word practice in the title of the post. At […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

How Do You Define Writing Success?

"Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin." Robert Collier The importance of getting clear We're all well-versed in goal-setting, becoming certain about what we want, and visualizing our outcomes. Knowing what you want is a no-brainer, because how can you get "there" if you […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

The Writing Life

What Do You Give Up to Write?

Funny story: I've had this blog post in mind for the last few days. And then when it was time for me to sit down and write it, my blog host, Typepad, had two DOS (denial of service–I looked it up) attacks, on Thursday night and Friday morning. So I had to give up the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Procrastination

Procrastination for Writers

My newsletter comes out every two weeks without fail and usually I get the material for it to my friend who compiles it for me well ahead of time. Not this week. Yes, life got in the way–I won't bore you with the particulars. But I also procrastinated. Because if I had really wanted […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

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Tag: writing

You Are Allowed…To Be a Writer

Keep Calm and Carry On Writing

My Mind is as Dry as the Desert

While I Was Out: Say Hello to Your Critic

The One Thing You Need to Do to be a Successful Writer

What To Do When The Words Just Don’t Sound Right

Another Helpful Practice for Writers

How Do You Define Writing Success?

What Do You Give Up to Write?

Procrastination for Writers

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