by Michelle Longo | Aug 6, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
How Much Do You Want to Win? When I first started participating at YeahWrite, I kept a spreadsheet of what post I submitted, how many were on the grid, where I ranked and if I got an Editor’s Pick (note: that column was almost always blank). I studied those who...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 31, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Is Free Writing Your Friend? It’s happened a few times that I’ve gone to a writing workshop and the instructor encouraged us all to do a quick free write session. Maybe it was 15 minutes, 20, or 30, but it was just enough time to get an idea out of my head...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 30, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Here’s a Random Question Last week was Migraine Week here at YeahWrite. A bunch of us had them. I’m personally on Day 5 myself. I’d tell you the exact percentage of editors with migraines this week, but that’s a lot of mathing, and I just...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 24, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Whose Story Is It Anyway? We all have stories. We have the ones we are a part of and those we’ve heard. We have the ones we’ve participated in and the ones where we’re just hanging on the periphery. As humans, we hear stories every day from our...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 23, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Editors Are People Too Hi! As you know, I’m the Editor-in-Chief here at YeahWrite. Of all the editors, I’ve been hanging around these parts the longest (though I haven’t been editor as long as one other – bonus points* if you know who has been...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 17, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
They’ll Read Your Story But Not Your Mind I recently wrote about trusting your readers. I said you didn’t have to wrap your essay up neatly or bash them over the head explaining how you felt about the thing you just wrote. Here’s the part I left out:...
