by Rowan | Aug 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Writing Help, YeahWrite
In Misery, Stephen King wrote [Paul] understood what he was doing now as TRYING TO HAVE AN IDEA. TRYING TO HAVE AN IDEA wasn’t the same thing as GETTING AN IDEA. GETTING AN IDEA was a more humble way of saying I am inspired, or Eureka! My muse has spoken!...
by Rowan | Jul 28, 2017 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
There are 48 Ptolemaic constellations. There are also 48 hours remaining in which our Round Two writers will produce a work of nonfiction. Coincidence? Yes. Entirely. In Round Two, we’ll be looking for persuasive essays. A persuasive essay utilizes logic and...
by Rowan | Jul 28, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Bear with me It’s a pun, get it? Sorry, my sense of humor isn’t what it might be: I’m coming off a three-day migraine punctuated by texts from my dad asking if I’ve finished the bear bells for our camping trip yet. See, bear bells are…...
by Rowan | Jul 26, 2017 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Returning Super Challengeers, you probably noticed that Round One was handled a little differently from past Super Challenges. Instead of waiting around for that 10:00 pm email, you got your group assignment early and picked up your own prompt at 10:00. How’d...
by Rowan | Jul 21, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners
Making the grade Most teachers get at least part of the summer off (supposedly; I see you, teachers, working on your syllabi on unpaid time, and I want to thank you for it). But here at YeahWrite we’ve been busy all week “grading” Super Challenge...
by Rowan | Jul 14, 2017 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Fanfare, please! Fun fact: the word “fanfare” comes from… well, nobody can really seem to pin it down. It shares common phonemes with French fanfarer and fanfaron, as well as Arabic farfar. Overall, it’s a sort of...
