by Rowan | Dec 29, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, Weekly Prompts, YeahWrite
The world had moved on Yeah, it’s a line from a Stephen King book. But that doesn’t make it less poignant or true. The world has moved on, and is moving on, and you and we are moving with it. A lot has changed since Erica posted the first lovelink...
by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 22, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Time keeps on slipping, slipping We’ve talked about how the pandemic has made time feel strange: months feel like days, weeks feel like years, and who even knows what day of the week it is today. It almost makes the annual holiday season time slip feel comfortable, a...
by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 15, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
I See the Lights If you ask me to be completely honest, I’m still riding high on this week’s Scarlet Quill meeting. Our panel delivered almost an hour of analysis of the tropes of Hallmark Christmas Movies, and then they turned around and gave us the plot...
by Asha Rajan | Dec 8, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The sun’s shining, let’s make hay! After what feels like a year full of rejections and defeats, I’ve had some big wins recently. There have been some shortlists, a second place, and several acceptances for publication. I’m trying not to breathe...
by Arden Ruth | Dec 1, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Bon Voyage When this post goes live, I’ll be less than two weeks away from leaving on an epic adventure to Spain with my better half to celebrate his 40th trip around the sun. It wasn’t until this final countdown began that I realized how much stress and...
by Rowan | Dec 1, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Scarlet Quill Society, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Welcome (back) to the Scarlet Quill Society! In 2023 YeahWrite’s free workshop is going back to the basics with a focus on tropes, the sometimes imperceptible and often underrated building blocks of writing. Check out the bottom of this post (and every post) for...
