by Rowan | Dec 9, 2020 | Microprose, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
The Waiting Game Waiting is the worst part of any writing you do, whether it’s the Bar Exam or your submissions spreadsheet. We know it; we’re writers too. So as we tried on this new competition format, you bet there was a lot of behind-the-scenes debate...
by Rowan | Dec 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Coda The last piece of music, the last stanza, the last closing remark. It’s December, and that means it’s time for the last poetry slam. This year we didn’t focus on forms as much as techniques – I hope everyone learned something to take away,...
by Rowan | Nov 20, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Everything Old is New Again Hello there. Welcome to the first week of YeahWrite’s new prompt timing and format! We’re dropping prompts on midday Friday now to benefit anyone who’s short-timing this week and wants to start early, as well as those who...
by Rowan | Nov 13, 2020 | Kickoff, Microprose, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round One Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Here we go again Or, really, here we go for the first time. YeahWrite’s 18th Super Challenge is our first microfiction challenge. We hope you’re as excited as we are to test drive this new...
by Rowan | Nov 13, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
In the end I’ve put off writing this until the last minute. I know. It turns out nobody, including me, writes better like that. But in a way, as long as I put off writing this post, the last grid didn’t close for me. And for more than half a decade,...
by Rowan | Nov 8, 2020 | Classes, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Do what I tell you! Do you ever find yourself yelling that at the computer screen or notebook page, while your characters resolutely refuse to participate in the plot? Do your stories feel wooden when you’re done, even if the characters go where you tell them...
