by Stacie Dalrymple | Aug 9, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Whining I just returned from a week in wine country and now I’m whining because I want to live there right now! Even so, it’s good to be home and sleep in my very own bed. It’s also good to jump back in to YeahWrite! Let’s do it. Popular...
by Rowan | Aug 9, 2017 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Whew. That’s over. If personal essays are a creative nonfictioneer’s meat and milk, it’s still important to know how to persuade your audience. That’s what Round Two tested. If you, like many of our writers, felt a little out of your depth,...
by Asha Rajan | Aug 8, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Accountability Check Hey y’all! Remember two weeks ago I said I was trying something new with my writing? My big plan was to spend ten minutes every day physically writing with a pen and a piece of paper. I was hopeful that this would kick start some creativity,...
by Michelle Longo | Aug 7, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Go Beyond a Day in the Life If you read last week’s winners post, you might already know what I’m going to say. (You did read it, right?). In her Roundup, Rowan talked about how a personal essay must go beyond a diary entry. Since it’s such good...
by Michelle Longo | Aug 6, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
How Much Do You Want to Win? When I first started participating at YeahWrite, I kept a spreadsheet of what post I submitted, how many were on the grid, where I ranked and if I got an Editor’s Pick (note: that column was almost always blank). I studied those who...
by Arden Ruth | Aug 4, 2017 | Weekend Showcase, YeahWrite
The Weekend Writing Showcase is open! TGIF! The week can run away from us at times. Actually, more times than most. We have these grand plans to get a story up on one or even two grids, and then work deadlines, sick kids, or any number of things explodes in the way of...