by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 7, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Drop a Line Have you ever not received a comment on an essay, story, or poem you wrote for a YeahWrite challenge? Did you assume the reason you didn’t get any comments was because your writing was subpar? Your writing wasn’t subpar. You know how I know? If...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 4, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Very important editor’s note: I’m going to let Stacie talk in just a second, but I want to have a word with you about the grids. Are you missing having 3 votes on each grid? Me, too. You get more consistent, nuanced results in the popular vote, and people...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 29, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Long-winded Writing Tips This is going to be a two-fold lesson, so bear with me here. Anyone who knows me know that I am majorly irked by people repeating trite phrases. When everyone is saying a thing, it gets on my nerves. (Yes, I know that I say common things, too....
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 26, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
I Wish I wish for so many things to be different right now: in my private world, in THE world. Sometimes it feels like everying is spiraling out of control. But the ten-day meditation retreat I attended last December taught that this very thing–the...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 22, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
A cast of thousands Yesterday I went to see Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), and as I type this I’ve got Netflix’s They’ve Gotta Have Us playing in the background (have you seen it? Hurry, go queue it up in your...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 19, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
See Spot Run I saw a Dalmation in the woods today and it made me realize it’s been a very long time since I’ve seen this particular breed. One of my classmates in graduate school had one, an extremely well-behaved dog named Jupiter, who would sit in the...
