by Rowan | Aug 17, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
You didn’t even notice I was gone While I’m out of the Coffeehouse for the duration of the Super Challenge (see you next week!!!), I miss everyone. Mostly I miss being able to spam you with pictures of the vacation I took, in forests and river canyons...
by Rowan | Aug 10, 2018 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round 3 Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Well, folks, how does it feel to be one of the last eight standing at the end of Super Challenge #9? It should feel pretty good, frankly. Almost as good as the camping vacation I’ll be on when you read...
by Rowan | Aug 8, 2018 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Well, Round Two went off with only one miiiiiiinor hitch (it’s days like this that make me glad we no longer try to send out the prompt by email at a specific time and then respond to individual inquiries as they come in), and while I’m sure you’ve...
by Rowan | Aug 3, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Read Me? I’ve been doublechecking class handouts for Deconstructing Prompts all week. Like PowerPoint presentations, handouts should have enough information that a student doesn’t have to take detailed notes, but not so much that the class doesn’t...
by Rowan | Aug 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
We’ve spent the last three months talking about how to write about other people’s writing. Let’s spend August talking about how to write about our own. Whether you’re pitching a novel or entering a competition, you’ll need to be able to...
by Rowan | Aug 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Last month we held onto our burdens; this month let’s lighten them a little with diminishing verse. Ordinarily I’d put a big ol’ explanation of where diminishing verse comes from right here, but honestly there really isn’t one. It’s just...
