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Move Your Mind, Too

This morning I was reading one of the five million newsletters I subscribe to and the topic was about moving your body. It was yet one more call to exercise regularly and talked about how establishing this habit is easier than you think, because our bodies are made to move. I'll second that. I know […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: Jessica Baverstock on What’s Your Story?

This is a guest post by Jessica Baverstock, an Aussie writer currently living in Beijing, China. Jessica read my newsletter discussing how we writers get our knickers all wound up in our stories last month and it inspired her to write about her own stories. The process of which was not only entertaining, but enlightening […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

My Life If I Weren’t a Writer

My daughter came over for breakfast on her way to work today. I actually got a good little writing session in before she appeared, but as I was cooking bacon at an unusual hour the thought occured: this is what non-writers do instead of worrying about writing first thing in the morning. So I starting […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Prompts

The Return of Promptitude

Yes, I know its Sunday, and Promptitude usually runs on Saturday. I actually wrote this post yesterday, but between free coaching sessions and a baby shower for my daughter, I never had time to put it up. So here, you go, a day late, but just as relevant. My son is now home, thank you […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Pugs

When is Watching Trash TV is Good for Your Writing?

I'm leading a home study group on a book called Birthing a Greater Reality (which is an amazing book on the evolution of consciousness, by the way) and our first meeting was Tuesday night. As an icebreaker, I had everyone talk a little about themselves and then say something that was surprising or unexpected about […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Writing Events Writing Exercises

Writing=Creativity=Play (A Post That Might Make You Nervous)

At the fall orientation for the Loft, author Debra Moffitt (Awake in the World) did the keynote speech, which was really a workshop, and a presentation the following day. She began with a meditation designed to take us into our “secret garden,” the place of sanctuary for our spirit and creativity. And after we had […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago12/31/2015

Rewriting

Writing From Vision to Revision

You are a writer. Because, a writer writes. That's the definition of a writer: someone who writes. A writer is also someone who understands a couple of things: 1. Why she writes 2. The writing process And, furthermore, a writer should also understand that topics to be used in the writing process can be inspired […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Conflict

The Writing Secret that Will Vitalize Your Work (And Help You Get Published)

And the secret is…. Conflict. Also known as tension. Adding lots and lots of it (probably far more than you imagined you could or should) is what will make your fiction and non-fiction, pop, sizzle, and sell. It is also what makes a book or a story a page-turner. (Like the novel, The Improper Life […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Uncategorized

Work Details to Help With Your Writing

Work details are a rich vein to mine to help you write a book, and this counts for both fiction and non-fiction. The other day I wrote a post in honor of Labor Day called Is it Work or is it Love? Making the point, I hope, that when you're doing what you love, you […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Literary Libations

I'm a thief. My friends in Nashville invented a monthly networking (and I use the term loosely) group for writers and named it Literary Libations. The deal is, you meet in a bar somewhere, everyone buys their own drink and food, and have it, chatting about every aspect of the writing life. I liked the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Charlotte Rains Dixon

Tag: writing

Move Your Mind, Too

Guest Post: Jessica Baverstock on What’s Your Story?

My Life If I Weren’t a Writer

The Return of Promptitude

When is Watching Trash TV is Good for Your Writing?

Writing=Creativity=Play (A Post That Might Make You Nervous)

Writing From Vision to Revision

The Writing Secret that Will Vitalize Your Work (And Help You Get Published)

Work Details to Help With Your Writing

Literary Libations

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