by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 8, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Accountability Check Hey y’all! Remember two weeks ago I said I was trying something new with my writing? My big plan was to spend ten minutes every day physically writing with a pen and a piece of paper. I was hopeful that this would kick start some creativity,...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 7, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Go Beyond a Day in the Life If you read last week’s winners post, you might already know what I’m going to say. (You did read it, right?). In her Roundup, Rowan talked about how a personal essay must go beyond a diary entry. Since it’s such good...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 6, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
How Much Do You Want to Win? When I first started participating at YeahWrite, I kept a spreadsheet of what post I submitted, how many were on the grid, where I ranked and if I got an Editor’s Pick (note: that column was almost always blank). I studied those who...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 2, 2017 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Good Things Come In Threes Surprise! It’s Asha again with this month’s Microprose Challenge. We’re pushing boundaries a little in this challenge. The number of prompts you have to include has increased, and the word limit is under 50 words. This...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 1, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Reorienting I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve written anything in the last year. See, a year ago last Sunday I had a baby. I am not the sort of person to do anything by halves, so every ounce of my energy has gone into keeping him alive and...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jul 31, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Is Free Writing Your Friend? It’s happened a few times that I’ve gone to a writing workshop and the instructor encouraged us all to do a quick free write session. Maybe it was 15 minutes, 20, or 30, but it was just enough time to get an idea out of my head...
