by Christine Hanolsy | May 5, 2014 | badges, gargleblaster, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Greetings, Earthlings!We’re turning to The Carpenters for this week’s ultimate question. This song has been stuck in my head since the gargleblaster started.Why do birds suddenly appear?Give us your answer in 42 words. We know you all know the next line in the song....
by Christine Hanolsy | May 4, 2014 | badges, Kickoff, YeahWrite
Challenge winners round-upWe don’t know about you, but we think there’s been some pretty great writing around here lately. With three challenges plus the moonshine grid, we understand you might feel it’s hard to keep up! Did you miss the winners’...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 28, 2014 | badges, gargleblaster, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Greetings, Earthlings!It’s time for another round of gargleblasters! How’s everyone feeling? Last week you really stepped up your game, even with only 24 hours to post after the grid opened. We’re betting you can pull it off again. Time is on your...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 27, 2014 | badges, Challenge, gargleblaster, Kickoff, Microprose, YeahWrite
E.B. White wrote in Elements of Style:Vigorous writing is concise. … This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.It’s true that it takes extra time to...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 20, 2014 | badges, Challenge, gargleblaster, Kickoff, Microprose, YeahWrite
Living to tell the taleThis week at yeah write, we’re celebrating the life of the great Gabriel García Márquez who passed away this week at age 87. We won’t drown you in pithy quotes or long reviews —you can get that by Googling—but here are a few...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 13, 2014 | badges, Challenge, gargleblaster, Kickoff, Microprose, YeahWrite
The cake has been eaten, the confetti swept up, and the balloons disposed of in a sustainable, earth-friendly manner. That’s right, folks, the party is over and it’s back to business as usual. At yeah write, this means that the challenge grid will return...
