by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 28, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
It Takes a Writing Village The great thing about writing as a hobby is you can do it anywhere at anytime. Just open up a Word doc or a Notes app or a Trapper Keeper, if you’re old school, and get going. Right? Yeah, no. What are you going to write? Do you have a story...
by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 21, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Doctor, doctor give me the news I haven’t told too many people (hahahahaha and here it is for the world to see), but I’m trying to get into a PhD program. Part of that process is writing a thesis proposal. So I’ve been reading theory and pulling...
by YeahWrite Editor | Sep 23, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Writing About Writing It makes sense. We’re taught to “write what we know.” We’re told if we don’t develop a daily habit of writing then we’re insufficient. (Who made these rules, and may I give them a piece of my mind?) With that killer combination, OF COURSE...
by YeahWrite Editor | Sep 16, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Peaks and troughs As is often the way in the world of writing, there’s been a flurry of my work published all at once. While that’s delightful and a huge ego boost, I’m also bracing for the fallow period to come, when it feels like absolutely nobody...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 19, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Wedgie I forgot to put a writing competition into my calendar, and when I got the challenge email this past weekend I realized I had booked myself up and compartmentalized my writing time to an hour here and 20 minutes there. Honestly, I thought I’d have to pack it...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 12, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Let it go This week I’ve been thinking about when to say I’m done with a work in progress. You’ve probably heard some version of the old adage perfect is the enemy of good and it’s never felt truer for me than now. The deep need to perfect a...
