by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 4, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
The stories we tell ourselves at night Last night I dreamt I was Gulliver and my cats were Lilliputians strapping me down with rope and then we were in a basket attached to a hot air balloon floating over Lake Michigan. My partner is on tour right now and I have the...
by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 2, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The business of unpleasant things I ruined my son’s life today. I made him go to the dentist and get a haircut. I’m used to being terrible; I make him do all sorts of things like chores and eating and such. I take a...
by Rowan | Oct 1, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
45 is the magic number for this month’s poetry slam. 45 syllables, that is: the 45 syllables, in decreasing lines, of the form known as nonet. I know this is the point where I usually get bogged down in some big long history lesson, but the fact is that there...
by Rowan | Sep 30, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners
You don’t have to be the first one to the finish line to be the winner. The length of time it takes you to produce your work doesn’t necessarily affect when a reader will enjoy it. For example, I was definitely the last of my friends to see the...
by YeahWrite Editor | Sep 28, 2016 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #285 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 Christine Hanolsy | Sep 27, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
A happy conviction My seven-year-old son has recently discovered the Moomintroll books by Tove Jansson. And by “discovered” I mean: I have been shoving them in his face for months and he finally consented to read one. I couldn’t be prouder. There are...
