by Rowan | Mar 4, 2016 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thursdays can be rough here in the yeah write secret moon base. We editors read, reread and discuss (and hopefully comment; Nate is the best and I am the worst about this) every piece on every grid. The hardest Thursdays, though, are...
by Rowan | Mar 2, 2016 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here Hullo from the coffeeshop across the street from my house, where there is power and internet and all sorts of lovely convenient things. Unlike my house, which is...
by Rowan | Feb 28, 2016 | Writing Help, YeahWrite
When I was sitting down to write this post, I thought of some ideas I could use to introduce the subject. When I think of phrasing, I tend to think in terms of music. Because I wasn’t sure of a nonmusical way to describe phrasing, I asked a friend. She thought...
by Rowan | Feb 28, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
If you grew up in the USA, the odds are pretty good that at some point you were required to write a haiku in class. Your teacher probably sat you all down and gave you a little lecture on the history and culture of Japan that may or may not have been accurate at all,...
by Rowan | Feb 26, 2016 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yesterday, roses; today, lilies. More specifically, a charming little phrase that has fallen somewhat out of vogue in recent times: “Don’t gild the lily.” What does it mean, to gild the lily? Well. Here’s the...
by Rowan | Feb 24, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here What’s in a name? Our ultimate question this week sent a lot of folks off in this direction, on all three grids. So as long as I’ve got your ear for a...
