by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 19, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Sprucing Up the Joint You’ve probably noticed by now that we slapped a fresh coat of paint on the walls of YeahWrite. We may have changed the look, and even how we write the name (two caps, no space), but we also updated the site’s navigation and threw in...
by Rowan | Mar 17, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
After you read this, this post will self-destruct. No, just kidding, but the site might. Keep your fingers crossed. As part of our sixth birthday celebration (YW #312 is coming up fast!) we’re doing a little maintenance today. Hopefully it will be seamless....
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 15, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #309 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 YeahWrite Editor | Mar 14, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
dangly bits In my series of posts on copy editing, I wanted to discuss those grammar mistakes with a sense of humor: dangling participles. Before I go into dangling participles, I need to tell you about participial phrase first. A participial phrase includes a...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 12, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The complexity of time Forgive me for giving you another intro based on my geographic location, but this is Daylight Saving Time weekend. At 2:00 AM it magically turns into 3:00 AM, taking away a precious hour. I don’t know about you, but I need more hours in my...
by Rowan | Mar 10, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
You’re all winners. Just kidding. No, I’m not. Because there’s a lot of ways to “win” here at yeah write. Whether you’re at the top of the crowd vote this week or whether you won our super challenge (winners will be announced at...
