by Rowan | Jan 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
It’s not the size that matters… It’s whether you start your post with a semi-appropriate joke. Actually, what I did just there is what you’ll be doing this month: wrote a couplet. Although we usually think of couplets as building blocks for...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Gratitude If you had told me back in 2012, back when I was thinking about submitting something to yeah write, that someday I’d be the editor in chief here, I’d have never believed you. And if you’d told me that the...
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 YeahWrite Editor | Dec 28, 2016 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #298 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 | Dec 27, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
Opinions Neil Gaiman said: “When (beta readers) tell you something is wrong or doesn’t work for them (in your writing), they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.” Yikes....
by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 25, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] How Not to Goal I have a stack of papers under my desk and on top is a sticky note that says, simply, “Edit.” This is quite possibly one of the least useful notes I’ve ever written myself. The stack is my...
