by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 13, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
boxed in Lately my creativity has been boxed up like a black lab in an empty house full of leather furniture. I’ve only had the energy to write a quick sentence in a Christmas card or build a half scene in a writing exercise. I’m gonna blame my short...
by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 12, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Making Your Holiday Stories Matter If you celebrate December holidays, perhaps you’re drawn this month to writing holiday-themed essays and stories. If you’re planning some holiday posts, I have a simple ask: Make them matter. Don’t...
by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 11, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Do you ever get stuck? Of course you do. We all do. But I would guess that we all get stuck in different way s and in different places. For me, it’s often the start of a new kind of project or a change in the the routine of my...
by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 7, 2016 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #295 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 5, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Sense of Place Sometimes we’re so concerned about the forward motion of our stories—the plot, the dialogue, the characters’ growth—that we forget about the fourth element of great storytelling: Setting. Writing great setting is...
by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 4, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Why do today… What you can put off until tomorrow? Procrastination… when I hear the word, I automatically start singing it to the tune of “Anticipation” by Carly Simon. If you’re not familiar, look it...
