by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 4, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Happy Birthday To Me! I love April. I was born in April and I got married in April, so this month is already one of my favourites. On top of that, I share my birthday month with YeahWrite, so I feel like all the exciting things happening around here are joyous...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 3, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
What’s Nonfiction? Okay, so that header sounds kind of silly – obviously nonfiction is writing based on fact or real events, people, and things. It can serve many purposes, however, ranging from informative, persuasive, personal, and more. It can be memoir...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 2, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
March is the Worst and Other Complaints My therapist told me I need to look for the good things when I’m feeling troubled. Here’s the good thing about March: it’s over. March around here was filled with sickness, rain, snow, more sickness, too much...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 29, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Reading is key “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” ― Stephen King I read a lot. I read more than I write. My balance is off right now because I’m not writing, but I notice what works and...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 28, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Snooty Words Have you ever tried to define poetry? It’s not easy, and I learned recently that grabbing a dictionary doesn’t help much. Here is Merriam-Webster’s word-soupy definition of the word: “writing that formulates a concentrated...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 22, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #310 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Concrit is here! One of the best ways to improve your writing is giving and receiving constructive...
