by Michelle Longo | Apr 25, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Taking What I Can Get If there’s one area of my life this COVID situation hasn’t upended, it’s my inability to write. I was having trouble before this started and I continue to struggle. On the rare occassion that I’m not super busy with work...
by Michelle Longo | Mar 28, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Happy Birthday to Us! As recently as last month, I was saying how it’s hard to believe YeahWrite is 9 years old. I’ve been hanging around for about 8 of those years and I can barely remember what life was like before. So many great friendships, a memoir...
by Michelle Longo | Feb 29, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Long-winded Writing Tips This is going to be a two-fold lesson, so bear with me here. Anyone who knows me know that I am majorly irked by people repeating trite phrases. When everyone is saying a thing, it gets on my nerves. (Yes, I know that I say common things, too....
by Michelle Longo | Feb 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
All around me are familiar faces Weird thing about me number one thousand four hundred fifty-three: I love finding faces on things. Whether it’s a sad fruit, an angry rock, or a really happy telephone pole, I find objects with personality wherever I go. And you...
by Michelle Longo | Jan 4, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
What Are You Going to Do? I’m going to be blunt: What are you going to do with your 2020? When I ask you at the end of the year what you’re most proud of and what you want to brag about (assuming I remember to ask), what do you want to say? Knowing what...
by Michelle Longo | Dec 7, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Just Write Sometimes you want to write something and it’s based on real events and to use what actually happened in your writing will have an adverse effect. Maybe it’s a nonfiction essay where you can’t directly call someone out because of...
