by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 13, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
boxed in Lately my creativity has been boxed up like a black lab in an empty house full of leather furniture. I’ve only had the energy to write a quick sentence in a Christmas card or build a half scene in a writing exercise. I’m gonna blame my short...
by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 11, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Do you ever get stuck? Of course you do. We all do. But I would guess that we all get stuck in different way s and in different places. For me, it’s often the start of a new kind of project or a change in the the routine of my...
by Rowan | Dec 9, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Probably the best thing about living in Portlandia is that you get snow days even when you’re a grownup. That’s right, folks, an inch of snow and the whole city shuts down. That’s why I’m sitting in a comfy...
by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 7, 2016 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #295 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 Rowan | Dec 6, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
hello? is this thing on? Sometimes I plan my fiction and poetry, and sometimes I just jump in with both eyes closed and both feet forward and hope for the best. That’s what I’m doing this week, standing in for fiction editor Christine while she juggles raw...
by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 4, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Why do today… What you can put off until tomorrow? Procrastination… when I hear the word, I automatically start singing it to the tune of “Anticipation” by Carly Simon. If you’re not familiar, look it...