by Rowan | Jun 29, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Speechless “Do something.” That’s what everyone around us is saying, isn’t it? Do something. And people are “doing something.” As terrifying as it is. And when you see news about people in the street, about mass shootings, mass...
by Rowan | Jun 27, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Whoooooooboy. It’s been one heck of a week, and nonfiction writers I don’t blame you a bit for being a little stunned. Heck, I dug up an old half-written draft and dusted it off, tidied it up a little bit, and then felt bad because it didn’t address...
by Michelle Longo | Jun 24, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Setting Writing Aside As I begin to pack up my house to move, I’m trying to first set aside the things I know I won’t need until we reach our new home in early August. It’s pretty easy to tell what I’ll use (flip-flops, mugs) and what I...
by Arden Ruth | Jun 22, 2018 | Weekend Showcase, YeahWrite
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! TGIF, YeahWriters! Let’s make this place your home for all the stories that didn’t make it to the YeahWrite competitive grids this week. As a refresher, here’s what we had going on! Technique Toolbox: Writing About Writing (Part...
by Rowan | Jun 22, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
The Shape of the Darkness This is, in some senses, a hard week to be a writer. And in other senses, it’s the only way to live through this week, to describe, as Dimas Ilaw did, the shape of the darkness as it overtakes us. “We need writers because we need...
by Rowan | Jun 20, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Growing Season Summer has finally hit the Pacific Northwest – just in time for the solstice. WINTER IS COMING, Y’ALL. As usual, I can hardly wait. Still, we’ve got, I guess, our whole summer ahead of us, which will hopefully be long enough to grow...