by Rowan | Dec 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Coda The last piece of music, the last stanza, the last closing remark. It’s December, and that means it’s time for the last poetry slam. This year we didn’t focus on forms as much as techniques – I hope everyone learned something to take away,...
by Arden Ruth | Nov 27, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Stranger Things 2020 is the year of strange, and as we enter the holiday season, that strangeness only intensifies. When this post goes live, many Americans will be recovering from the gluttonous feast we call Thanksgiving. And while I’m hopeful that most of us...
by Rowan | Nov 20, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Everything Old is New Again Hello there. Welcome to the first week of YeahWrite’s new prompt timing and format! We’re dropping prompts on midday Friday now to benefit anyone who’s short-timing this week and wants to start early, as well as those who...
by Christine Hanolsy | Nov 14, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Your words matter My writing bag has a Ray Bradbury quote on it: You must stay drunk on writing so reality doesn’t destroy you. People would see it and ask, “Are you a writer?” I used to answer, “Well, I like to write.” At the heart of...
by Rowan | Nov 13, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
In the end I’ve put off writing this until the last minute. I know. It turns out nobody, including me, writes better like that. But in a way, as long as I put off writing this post, the last grid didn’t close for me. And for more than half a decade,...
by YeahWrite Editor | Nov 11, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Bittersweet I’m not gonna lie. I have some big mixed emotions about writing this last voting post. I’ve been involved in the weekly grids in various capacities, starting as a participant, since 2012. That’s a lot of grids over an 8 year period, and I...
