by Louise Ducote | Apr 30, 2013 | Challenge, Open, YeahWrite
Fuel up at yeah write The best writing advice I ever heard came from my mom, who is not a writer but is very smart about the important things. She said fledgling writers should not get jobs in bookstores or teaching English, in editing or anything else that seems...
by Louise Ducote | Apr 23, 2013 | Challenge, Open, YeahWrite
Yeah write in action Last week we highlighted seven writers from the best of yeah write grid, Michelle Longo among them. We already loved Michelle for showing up on time every week, for spreading the word about yeah write and for studiously applying our little writing...
by Louise Ducote | Apr 17, 2013 | best of yeah write, Winners, YeahWrite
The best 60 Last week we revealed the best of yeah write grid, a collection of sixty exemplary posts chosen from more than 3,500. Yeah writers celebrated, congratulated, and some resolved to write something strong enough to land them on the best-of grid next time...
by Louise Ducote | Apr 10, 2013 | best of yeah write, Challenge, invitational, lovelinks, Winners, YeahWrite
The best 60 Yeah write has been compared to an artisinal cheese shop and, because it’s now two, an adorable toddler. To me, it’s a dark and delicious jazz club that fills with great music every Tuesday when the yeah write week gets interesting. Tuesdays...
by Louise Ducote | Apr 2, 2013 | Challenge, Open, YeahWrite
500 words Last summer yeah write hosted a seven-week summer series of excellent writing instruction. . .with a radical 500-word limit on posts. I submitted a post each week; at first it felt like squeezing into pre-baby jeans or being interrupted when I wasn’t...
by Louise Ducote | Mar 19, 2013 | Challenge, Open, YeahWrite
A second-semester senior already accepted to college, I had to pass chemistry to graduate and I didn’t understand anything. The homework, the lectures, the labs. . .it all drifted by me like a breeze carrying half-conversations in a foreign language and I...
