by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 10, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, Open, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] To sonnet or not to sonnet… I have to admit, my attempts at writing a sonnet have led me to hero-worship Fezzik, the rhyming giant in the Princess Bride. Rhyming is work. Poetry is work. Patricia...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 9, 2015 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Creating a space When I first decided I’d get serious about writing, I didn’t have a specific place to do it. We had a home office, but it was a cluttered mess with barely a place to sit down. I did most of my writing on my couch or my dining room table,...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 6, 2015 | moonshine, YeahWrite
It’s the weekend, so the moonshine grid is open You may have noticed, but we’ve gotten pretty romantic around yeah write as of late. I’ve always wanted to be on the cover of a romance novel, so I can deal with a romantic hero sweeping me off my...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 3, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, Open, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Welcome to the fiction and poetry challenge at yeah write My high school English teacher junior year was a character. Always coated in chalk dust, he would talk to the pigeons outside and sometimes frighten us with a decades-old,...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 2, 2015 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Let it burn It’s been a while since I’ve shared an essay from Brevity to inspire you. As I was combing through my inbox this weekend I found one that resonated with me so much that I felt I couldn’t be alone. I suspect that envy is something many of...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 1, 2015 | badges, Kickoff, ultimate question, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Who loves ya, baby? We do, that’s who! Yes, yeah write is kicking off a new week of writing challenges and saying hello to that month of love, February. How do we love thee? Let us count the ways: your thoughtful poems and...
