by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 3, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
My favorite things For many people, it’s a gift-giving time of year, and what better way to celebrate the end of 2021 than with some new books and accessories for yourself or your friends? I can’t speak for the entire YeahWrite team, but here are five of...
by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 1, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Navigating Prompts, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
It’s about the journey, not the destination But the destination is here regardless: it’s December and our Navigating Prompts workshop has come to an end. But don’t worry. We have a tremendously cool (do we still say that?) workshop coming in 2022 to...
by Christine Hanolsy | Nov 1, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Navigating Prompts, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
The more, the merrier Writing to prompts can be a lot of fun, and a great way to spark ideas. So if one prompt is good, more than one should be fantastic, right? They can be! But incorporating several prompts naturally into a story or essay takes a certain amount of...
by Christine Hanolsy | Oct 29, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
If it hadn’t been for those darn kids… What happens when you pull off the scary mask and see who’s really holding you back? Is it your kids? Is it your boss? Or is it—drumroll, please—yourself? We all tend to be our own worst enemies, and hiding...
by Christine Hanolsy | Oct 1, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Navigating Prompts, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Style and substance What makes a story a really good story? Anyone can write a list of events: “this happened, and then this, and I felt like that, and then this other thing happened.” That’s not a story; it’s barely a narrative. Stories...
by Christine Hanolsy | Sep 17, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
All this time No, not the Sting song—I’m talking about hours and minutes. The kids are off to school (in person, for better or worse; fingers crossed) and I have hours every day to… do what? I’ve gotten out of the habit of writing. But September is a...
