Charlotte Rains Dixon

Charlotte Rains Dixon is a ghostwriter, copywriter, creative writing teacher and coach, and she also write novels, short stories, screenplays and literary non-fiction. She co-directs the Writer's Loft certificate in writing program at Middle Tennessee State University. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her family and the sweetest blind pug in the world.

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This is Your Brain When it is Creative

The results of a fascinating study of jazz musicians are giving scientists a clearer picture of where creativity comes from in your brain.
How, precisely did they do this?  Dr. Charles Limb decided it would be good to compare the brain of a jazz musician when he (or she) was alternately playing by memory and going [...]


The Ghostwriter’s Booksigning

I went to a book signing for a book I wrote the other night–only another person, a kind doctor, signed the books.  The cover of the book features his smiling face and this same image graces the posters that were propped all around the store.
But it would be impossible for you to find even the [...]


Writing While You Sleep: Harnessing Your Subconscious

Nearly every writer I know (myself included) prefers the aftermath of writing—having written—to the actual act of writing itself. And every writer I know would pay dearly to find a way to make the tyranny of facing the blank screen more bearable. Well, there is a way, and it’s as simple as falling [...]