by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 18, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #301 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Wish there was a competition with no popular vote but all the editorial feedback you can eat? Check out...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 17, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
the beast in your writing Did you know somewhere inside that gorgeous poem or story you just finished lurks a seething, unpredictable animal? Yes, grammar is an intimidating monster. I blame English textbooks. The instruction I received made it seem like all grammar...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 16, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Art of the Single Scene Story A great way to better understand what we’re looking for in editor’s picks here at yeah write is to closely read the essays we select for that honor, together with our comments. Last week, in the...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 15, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] You Are What You Read What I’m about to say may sound like the opposite, so let me make this royal proclamation right upfront: I do not dislike bloggers. I started writing for public consumption as a blogger, and I get paid to...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 11, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #300 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Wish there was a competition with no popular vote but all the editorial feedback you can eat? Check out...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 10, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
She pissed on my lap I was sitting on my friend’s couch in the middle of a crowded birthday party when the cat jumped up on my lap. The woman next to me stopped her conversation to smile at me and say, “You must be a cat person.” Iris the cat purred...