by Rowan | Apr 27, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting
Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here You may not be able to make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, but apparently you can’t make a Sherlock Holmes movie by looking up how to make an omelette, either. So, ok, I’m a huge...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 26, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Confession Shh, promise you won’t tell anyone, but I have a confession to make: I often enjoy reading books that I know aren’t very good. I know, I know–it’s shocking. Whether they have particularly...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 24, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Five-minute projects I have an old house. At any given moment there are a dozen things that need fixing, and most of those would take only five minutes if I would just settle down and do them. Five-minute projects add up, and the accumulation of them seems daunting to...
by Rowan | Apr 22, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
I can’t believe April’s almost over, can you? That means if you’ve been considering joining in on this month’s poetry slam, you’ve only got one more week to do it! Next month we’ll move on with a new form, and if scansion’s...
by Rowan | Apr 20, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here What sticks with you? It’s kind of the corollary question to our ultimate question this week, “who cares,” right? Because writing isn’t...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 19, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Apeshit Say writing an amazing essay, story, or poem is like busting open a pinata. There are the obvious similes: starting out blindfolded (where’s the dude’s blindfold?), knowing about where the target is, batting the...