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Creating Characters: Mai, Oui, Marcel Proust, I Could Use Some Help

Having some difficulty creating full, true-to-life fictional characters? Why not let Marcel help you? Yes, that Marcel, the most famous one of all–Marcel Proust, author of Remembrance of Things Past, the only part of which I remember is when he waxed poetic about Madeleines, the shell-shaped, mini-cakes that melt in your mouth. Thanks to the […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Books Creativity Writing

Put it All On the Page, Put It All on the Page Now

I'm a junkie for writing books. The good ones get me so excited about writing that I have a hard time finishing them because I put them down to go write (sort of like what I hope this blog does for people). And even the bad ones generally offer some tidbit or another. So when […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago12/12/2015

Creativity Writing

Writing and Laundry: Constantly Seeking Zen Moments

My daughter is grown and gone, married now and thinking about having kids of her own (if the stupid army would ever let her husband come home). But sometimes often she comes to the house to do her laundry. Which is why, last week, I ended up down the basement folding a large load of […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/06/2015

Creativity Writing

Writing in the Rain

It rained yesterday. A lot. I drove home from a meeting on the freeway last night and waves of water splashed over the windshield, just like in winter. But I didn't mind. All day yesterday I waited for the rain to come in. It was hot and muggy in the morning, but there were hopeful […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

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Daily Writing: Create Your Day

I have a love-hate relationship with the self-help industry. Mostly, I love it. Send me an email detailing the latest way to develop more insight and I'll click on your link any day. Show me an ad promoting some kind of "You Can Achieve More With Your Life" workshop and I'll read your long sales […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

Summer, Travel, and the Art of Not Writing

I've been a bit distracted lately, which has caused me to Not Write. First of all, it is hot. Not like 90-degree hot. Oh, no, that's not good enough for us. We are suffering through 106+ weather, which is hot, hot, hot. It is so hot that we poor Portlanders don't know what to do […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

The Joy of Adverbs

Awhile back I wrote a post called The Rule of Threes. In re-pondering this again recently, the thought occurs that I'm not generally much of a rule follower. In fact, you might even accurately describe me as a person who is incapable of following rules. I break them like crazy in real life (which is […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

Rewriting: Its All in the Plan

Facing a rewrite can be difficult, if not downright daunting. You've written a draft (or two, or three), gotten feedback, and now you're ready to make the changes in your manuscript. So you open the file on your computer….and sit there and stare at the words on the page. Let's admit it, sometimes confronting a […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Creativity Writing

The China Cabinet Syndrome

A couple weeks ago my dining room table was covered with china, cut glass, pitchers, and an odd assortment of knick-knacks. This was all stuff brought over from my Mom's house, which we were cleaning out before an estate sale. I was really happy with all the things I'd claimed but the problem was that […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Writing Flow: Turning Off the Worry Faucet

A few days ago I wrote a post titled, What About Not Writing? which pondered the question of whether it was ever a good idea to take a break from writing. As is often the case, the post garnered some interesting responses, because, well, I have fabulously interesting readers (Brief aside: as a general rule, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 17 years ago11/03/2015

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Tag: writing

Creating Characters: Mai, Oui, Marcel Proust, I Could Use Some Help

Put it All On the Page, Put It All on the Page Now

Writing and Laundry: Constantly Seeking Zen Moments

Writing in the Rain

Daily Writing: Create Your Day

Summer, Travel, and the Art of Not Writing

The Joy of Adverbs

Rewriting: Its All in the Plan

The China Cabinet Syndrome

Writing Flow: Turning Off the Worry Faucet

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