by Meg | Jun 13, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When words fail Some days you just can’t. You can’t think, write, feel more than you’ve already felt. Today–Sunday, June 12, as I write this–is one of those days. Instead, I’m trying to think of...
by Meg | Jun 6, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Taking stock Here’s a simple exercise for your Monday: take a look at your writing from five years ago, from one year ago, and compare it to your writing today. Has it improved? Are you surprised by how far you’ve come?...
by Meg | May 30, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Everyone’s an editor It’s Memorial Day here in the U.S., which means most of us (unless you work in retail) have the day off to honor those who died while serving in our armed forces. It is also the unofficial kick-off...
by Meg | May 23, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Prepwork Google is a rabbit hole and I can disappear for hours researching info for a story or essay. Research is the prepwork for writing—the collection of ingredients that contribute to a great dish. (I won’t keep up with...
by Meg | May 16, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Spring cleaning Every spring, my husband and I purge our garage of cobwebs, leaves, old paint cans, the dirt-filled flower pots that I didn’t empty the previous autumn, bird seed that has scattered across the concrete floor. I...
by Meg | May 9, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Someone is in the details The next time you’re in the check-out line at the grocery store, look at the stuff the person in front of you is buying. Fiber cookies, three bottles of cheap vodka, organic lettuce, pork rinds or...
