by Rowan | Oct 25, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Three groups, three prompts, two days, round one. How’d that first round of the Super Challenge go for everyone? Once again, anything that went right is entirely due to our admin team’s untiring work behind the scenes, and anything you hate is probably my...
by Rowan | Oct 20, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
deepam, deepam Where our editor Asha lives, the spring’s cygnets are becoming swans and the days are lengthening on toward summer. At my home, the dark wraps around the house now well before the day’s work is done and I have to light a lamp to cook dinner....
by Rowan | Oct 13, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Welcome to Super Challenge #6 Are you ready? We are. You’ve got your group assignment in hand and you’re prepared to turn in that prompted story in 1,000 words and 48 hours. You can do it! Remember: if you’ve got any questions, please only send them...
by Rowan | Oct 13, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners
Are you ready for the weekend? Yeah, me too. Not that my weekend’s less busy than the week: I’ve got three deadlines and I’m in a wedding. You know what I’d rather be doing with my weekend? That’s right: the first round of Super Challenge...
by Rowan | Oct 6, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Deadlines Do they motivate or terrify you? I’ve got a few major ones this week for my own job, and we’ve got a couple more at YeahWrite: today is the last day to sign up for Summaries class, and next Wednesday registration closes for Super Challenge #6...
by Rowan | Oct 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Writing Help, YeahWrite
It’s Techtober! With so many folks gearing up for NaNoWriMo and the fall writing competition season (including our own Super Challenge #6), I thought we’d skip our usual poetry slam this month and talk about a fiction (or nonfiction) technique instead....