by Michelle Longo | Oct 28, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Yay November! As far as I’m concerned, October is over. When I rule the world, all months will start on Monday and the month will be 28 days long so everything is always even and neat. Don’t give me that earth/sun/moon nonsense either. My way or the...
by Michelle Longo | Oct 21, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
One Wish If you had one wish for your writing, what would it be? Time to do what you love? Money to sustain your household while you pursue your dream? Confidence to share your work with the world? I think often we feel like if that One Thing was in place, everything...
by Michelle Longo | Oct 14, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Ideas, Relatability, and So What Audre Lorde* said, “There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.” Your story about this, that, or the other has been told before. It’s also been felt a million different ways before. What you...
by Michelle Longo | Oct 7, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Are Routines the Answer? Since up-ending my entire life a few months ago, I’ve found that every routine I had has fallen apart. I go to the grocery store almost every day. I don’t leave the house for work anymore, so sometimes I don’t get dressed...
by Michelle Longo | Oct 3, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Read and Be Read This is Michelle, filling in for Stacie who is off this week and most likely drinking wine right now. One of the earliest slogans at YeahWrite was “Read and Be Read.” It sounds perfect, right? We love to read great work, but we also want...
by Michelle Longo | Sep 30, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Writing as Respite When things are difficult, write. For many, it’s a rough time right now. Write, my friends, and let it heal you. Whether it be something extremely personal that you never show a soul, a response to what you see around you, a scathing op-ed or...
