by Nathan James | Feb 9, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Mold I am a practical person. I am often teased in my family for including things like new sheets, a humidifier, a new pair of rubber boots on my Christmas wish list, and never anything fun. I also adhere pretty strictly to a routine. So much so that my cat Link...
by Nathan James | Jan 12, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction
Is That All? Probably the biggest thing I’ve learned (and continue to learn) from participating in YeahWrite challenges is how to tell a complete fictional or nonfictional story in a tight word count and still maintain a style and themes. It’s not easy. As...
by Nathan James | Dec 15, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Faking it Today at work someone asked me to edit an essay on the new technology scientists use. It was written by a well-respected archaeologist. I just kind of marveled at that for a minute. Well, actually, the first feeling I crashed into was Imposter Syndrome. You...
by Nathan James | Feb 1, 2018 | Classes, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
If you’ve been hanging around YeahWrite for a while, you’ve probably picked up on the fact that I dig poetry. I started writing poems in elementary school after devouring my first Shel Silverstein book. I loved the playfulness and creativity I discovered...
by Nathan James | Sep 26, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Sensational I just read an interesting article about sense words in fiction. You know, saw, heard, felt, smelled, touched. The author, Kathy Steinemann, pointed out that sense words filter imagery through a character instead of allowing the reader to experience the...
by Nathan James | Sep 12, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
The mind sludge and the don’t-wannas After a long break to refill my creative wells and fine tune some existing work, I’m starting to shift back into the mindset of generating new writing. Trying to dedicate 30 minutes of writing a day after 32 days of...
