by Rowan | Sep 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
This month’s writing prompts are all about opening lines, but I’m still on my terminal words kick. Tritinas, diminishing poems, what’s an editor in need of a poetry slam to do? Our September poetry slam takes a page out of Terrance Hayes’ book...
by Rowan | Sep 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
I’m sorry in advance for all the earworms this post is about to contain. We’re going to be talking through some potentially scary and also potentially boring material and this is going to help us get through. OK? Fine. Well, as the song says, Come on and...
by Rowan | Aug 31, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Ugh, deadlines. If you’re like me, you don’t start writing until, well, the day the new Technique Toolbox is due. Or two hours before the grids close. I like to joke that I do some of my best writing on a tight deadline… but I’m lying. I do my...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 29, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Don’t Blink My youngest baby started high school this week! How does time march so quickly? I remember when he was little as if it were yesterday and suddenly I must look up in order to meet his eyes. I’m trying not to blink right now because that’s...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 26, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Words of Wisdom There’s a saying: Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard. I know that writers often suffer from imposter syndrome, and sometimes we write something and think, “Wow, that is good!” Don’t pretend you don’t. If...
by Rowan | Aug 24, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Here comes the rain I’m a sucker for words. Precise, delicate words are all winners in my book: petrichor, liminal, coruscate, even diatribe. But this week I think my two favorite words in the English language are marine layer, the cool, blessed wad of damp air...
