by YeahWrite Editor | May 8, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Before You Hit Publish, Read This Are you all reading Rowan’s exceptionally thoughtful Nonfiction Know-How pieces each month? Her posts offer incredibly generous free writing assistance from a high caliber professional writer and editor. In case you haven’t read May’s...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 7, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
So What’re You Gonna Do? You’ve heard the advice about getting out of your comfort zone to help your writing. We all know that submitting work opens you up to rejection, and that alone can be enough of a deterrent. It’s hard to find time to write....
by YeahWrite Editor | May 3, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Look, ducks! My college roommate used to say “Look, ducks!” while pointing in the opposite direction as a distraction when she wanted to steal food from my plate. Distraction might be a useful strategy for culinary orgasms, but it’s not so good for...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 2, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Sitting On My Hands This week I’ve been taking a short break from writing. Instead, I’ve been focusing on reading other people’s beautiful writing. It hasn’t much mattered what genre of writing, or even the subject matter. I’ve...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 1, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
What is Creative Nonfiction? Sometimes it’s helpful to get back to basics. So what do we mean when we talk about writing creative nonfiction, particularly in its first person essay form? The “nonfiction” part is pretty simple – here at YeahWrite we’re looking for your...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 30, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
It’s Not New, But It’s Good I was recently reading an article about how to get started writing. It wasn’t necessarily genre-specific, but the advice was pretty solid, if nothing new. (A better person would have remembered where she saw this article...
