by Meg | Oct 3, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Speaking up Last week, I lost a reader for the first time—in public anyway. I was disappointed, of course, but I can say that it was easier than I thought to let it go and not feel my usual sense of guilt or shame. I wrote what I...
by Meg | Sep 26, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Getting to the top of the grid If you’ve been participating in yeah write and still find the top row an elusive place to be in the weekly vote, you might want to look more closely at whether you’re giving readers a reason to care about your nonfiction...
by Meg | Sep 19, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
We tell stories here Creative nonfiction or narrative nonfiction, whatever you want to call it, goes beyond reporting an event or expressing an opinion. “Between the newspaper on your doorstep and the novel on your nightstand lies narrative nonfiction,”...
by Meg | Sep 18, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Reimagine yourself Last week was my final week at a college for which I had been working nearly 15 years. I start my new job soon. I will meet new colleagues, make new friends, write grants for a different college—the same work but dressed up in a whole new wardrobe....
by Meg | Sep 12, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In this moment Sometimes, if you just sit and listen, you’ll hear something magical. At this moment, I’m sitting on the couch, laptop at the ready, trying to write this week’s intro. I’ve just realized my...
by Meg | Sep 5, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Open a door Last week, I wrote about paying attention, seeing the world afresh, and how that helps heighten your creativity. Today, I’m thinking about ways to inspire our writing more concretely but in keeping with this...
