by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 21, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What’s in a name? Names are important—not just for people and places, but for things. Are you using the right word at the right time? Rowan talked about this in her voting post last week—which you all read, of course—but it...
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 17, 2016 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! Time is what’s weighing on my mind this week. How about you? I took a day off from work on Monday, and now I’m paying for it. My inbox is overflowing, my to-do list just keeps getting longer, I am...
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 14, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [Insert witty introduction here] So I’m sitting here on my lunch break trying to come up with something new and interesting and compelling to say, and it’s just not happening. Instead I start a sonnet, scratch out 400...
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 10, 2016 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! Sometimes what seems simple is actually the most complicated. Take our 42-word microstory challenge, for example. Just because the question is straightforward doesn’t mean the answer will be any easier to...
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 3, 2016 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! How do you tell a compelling story in 42 words? My #1 piece of advice: don’t be cheesy. We know: there is no story that has not been told in some manner or shape. Tropes are useful things, especially when...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jan 31, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Love, love me, do I make no apologies: I’m a romantic. And February is a great month to be one, all full of valentines, budding flowers and chilly weather. (Which is totally romantic, you guys, because what’s the best...
