by Christine Hanolsy | Nov 7, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
(R)Evolution Before I make anyone nervous, let me start by saying one thing: We’re not going anywhere. YeahWrite hasn’t missed a week in 500 weeks, and we’re not starting now. On the other hand, changes are in the air. We’ve got some big...
by Christine Hanolsy | Nov 1, 2020 | 2020 Hindsight, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
What if? 2020 has been a rollercoaster of a year, and we’re sure we’re not the only ones wondering if we’ve slipped into an alternative timeline or parallel universe—or maybe wishing we had. “What if” sounds like the stuff of speculative...
by Christine Hanolsy | Nov 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Have you ever read a story, certain you know where it’s going, only to have the author take a sharp turn at the end? It’s like walking through the forest and suddenly coming upon a pristine mountain lake. A turn like this can open your eyes to an entirely...
by Christine Hanolsy | Oct 14, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Up all night (to keep writing) I don’t know about you, but I have a finite window of productive writing time. Oh, not in terms of how many hours there are in the day, but in terms of even if I had all the hours in the world, I can only really write for a few in...
by Christine Hanolsy | Oct 1, 2020 | 2020 Hindsight, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Everyone’s a poet Or at least, that’s true this month! At its heart, a poem is often a story using emotion rather than narrative structure to draw the reader in. One of the ways we prove the humanity of our characters – fiction or non- is by helping...
by Christine Hanolsy | Sep 1, 2020 | 2020 Hindsight, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
It was a dark and stormy night … the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating...
