by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 2, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Permission Lately I’ve found myself in the position of having to say “no” a lot—no, you can’t have more screen time; no, we can’t go out for burgers; no, you can’t go play until you’re done with your homework. And then, last...
by Rowan | Apr 1, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Navigating Prompts, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Who goes there? It’s possible to tell a story with no characters. Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” comes to mind, although even that sinks to anthropomorphism a bit. (CW: animal death) The first paragraph of The Haunting of Hill...
by Natalie DeYoung | Mar 26, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Too much My job is precarious, like much of the world today. I get assignments to teach classes based on student enrollment numbers. This semester, the numbers were just not on my side, and I joined many others in the unemployment lines. Without classes to teach, I...
by Rowan | Mar 22, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
First of all, are you kidding me? Twenty Super Challenges? We’ve been doing this for five years? Kids that weren’t even born for Super Challenge One can read now? Well. I guess that’s another generation of writers. Here’s hoping we’ll...
by Asha Rajan | Mar 19, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
One is the loneliest number This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about community and how to get more involved with local (to me) writing groups. Writing can be a woefully lonely business, or at least a woefully alone business. It can feel like you’re...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Mar 12, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Are you ready? I sure am. Ready for it to be anything but winter, that is. If you’ve been reading YeahWrite’s weekly posts for long, you may know that I walk my dogs in the woods near my house every morning. I’m so tired of the scarf-coat-hat-gloves...
