by Michelle Longo | Jun 4, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Is it Sunday again already? Memorial Day, a federal holiday here in the US, was last Monday, so most people had the day off from work. That made it a short week at my day job. I don’t know about you, but short weeks somehow always feel longer than regular weeks...
by Michelle Longo | May 29, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Get to the Point When writing flash nonfiction, as we discussed last week, you do not have the luxury of either time or words. We talked about not going off on tangents, not wasting time on every single detail, and avoiding backstory overkill. But how do you do that,...
by Michelle Longo | May 28, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Sunshine Day. As I was driving earlier, I noticed the sun was shining. This may not be a big deal where you are, but here in NJ, it’s huge. I feel like it’s been raining for months. It’s been chilly and dreary – not at all like spring. So...
by Michelle Longo | May 22, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Where’s Cindy? In case you missed it last week, Cindy has left the building. (Fun fact: YeahWrite does not have an actual building.) She’s working on some stuff that requires her full attention, so she had to bid us farewell. Now that I’m back...
by Michelle Longo | May 21, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
What’s Your Excuse? Every time I have to correct my 10 year old, he has some kind of excuse. “I was just gonna…” “But, I was {doing this other thing}…” “That’s not what I was doing…” “Sigh. Eye...
by Michelle Longo | May 14, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
I’m Throwing Down a Challenge Why do we write? I suppose there are many reasons, but I think all of them can get traced back to one simple idea: we want to be read. Whether it’s that we hope to publish a book, or get our short story picked up in a journal,...
