by Rowan | Jan 1, 2017 | Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
There’s nothing like reading through the grid (or your articles feed, or…) and coming across an essay that makes you say “Ugh, another navelgazing pile of word vomit.”And yet, there are also personal essays you’ll read that change the way...
by Rowan | Dec 30, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]2016 is drawing to a close (don’t let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya, as my Southern grandmother used to say) and most of us are thinking about time, and how it runs out. Time ran out for a lot of our heroes this...
by Rowan | Dec 23, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Depending on where you were on our spinning ball of rock, the shortest or longest night of your year just slipped past. No matter what your faith – if any – these seasonal markers, the systolic and diastolic pulse of the...
by Rowan | Dec 21, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #297 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
by Rowan | Dec 16, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I’m trying to figure out what to do with nine stale chocolate cupcakes. That’s not a setup for a joke (nine stale cupcakes walk into a bar…). It’s an actual dilemma. Do I throw them away? Try to turn them into...
by Rowan | Dec 9, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Probably the best thing about living in Portlandia is that you get snow days even when you’re a grownup. That’s right, folks, an inch of snow and the whole city shuts down. That’s why I’m sitting in a comfy...
