by Nathan James | Mar 10, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Nothing. Nowhere. Once In a While. That whole “write what you know” trope we were taught in school is some bullshit. If everyone had followed that advice, we’d never have sci-fi or most, hopefully, horror novels. We’d never have Everything, Everywhere, All At Once....
by Nathan James | Feb 3, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
I totally already stole candy from the dish on your end table It’s February 1st. If 2023 were a house, we’d be through the breezeway and stepping into the living room.If you wanted to do something differently with your writing, have you started? What can a writing...
by Nathan James | Dec 30, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
New Year, New View So we’re all looking down the barrel of 2023. I’ll tell you right now I do not believe in resolutions. If I want to change, I will. If it doesn’t stick, it must not be working for me. I don’t see the use in nagging myself for a month or two to make...
by Nathan James | Nov 25, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Accountability I joined a writing accountability group made up of some IRL friends. They’ve cancelled both meetings that I said I could make. I offered to host a makeup session later in the week. Crickets. This isn’t the first group that started with good intentions...
by Nathan James | Oct 28, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
It Takes a Writing Village The great thing about writing as a hobby is you can do it anywhere at anytime. Just open up a Word doc or a Notes app or a Trapper Keeper, if you’re old school, and get going. Right? Yeah, no. What are you going to write? Do you have a story...
by Nathan James | Sep 23, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Writing About Writing It makes sense. We’re taught to “write what we know.” We’re told if we don’t develop a daily habit of writing then we’re insufficient. (Who made these rules, and may I give them a piece of my mind?) With that killer combination, OF COURSE...
