by Asha Rajan | Aug 27, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Doggy tales My husband recently saw a t-shirt with I like dogs and maybe three people written on it and almost bought it for me. Honestly, I’d have worn it everywhere. But the thing is, I like the people I meet when I’m walking my dogs. People are...
by Arden Ruth | Aug 20, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Vacation Mode: On When this post goes live, I’ll be on my first vacation in… well, honestly I don’t even remember the last time I went on vacation (pre-Covid times so too long!). And on this vacation, I’m attending my first wedding in two...
by Rowan | Aug 13, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Impromptu Of all the challenges of the past sneaking-up-on-two years, the one I wasn’t expecting was the difficulty in coming up with prompts. Prompts are often inspired by what we’re reading, what we’re talking about, what we see and do. The things...
by Christine Hanolsy | Aug 6, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
All work and no play Sure, it’s an aphorism, but there’s definitely a kernel of truth to it. When your writing starts to feel more like work and less like play, maybe it’s time to take a breather. Take a half hour and write something completely...
by Nathan James | Jul 30, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Writing Together, Alone Writer friends had invited me to work together in the past, but I never took them up on it. I always thought “My problem with writing is focus. Why would I meet a person for a writing date and add yet another distraction to the...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jul 30, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Navigating Prompts, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Location, location, location If you read a lot of—or any—fan fiction, you’ll know that one of the most common tropes is “the coffeehouse AU.” That is, take all the characters from the movie or book and… put them in a coffeehouse. Who’s...
