by Rowan | Sep 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Imagine me and you, and you and me… One of the standard exercises for fiction writers is to write a story from the point of view of an inanimate object. It’s rather hard to do well, honestly, largely because so many new writers can’t resist the...
by Christine Hanolsy | Sep 1, 2020 | 2020 Hindsight, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
It was a dark and stormy night … the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Aug 28, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Slowing Down A few weeks ago, I started intensive immunotherapy for my bee and wasp allergy. I sailed through the first two weeks, but as the doses of poison increased, my body had other ideas, so I’ve had to slow way down. My default way to be tends towards...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Aug 26, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Arf Arf! Greetings from my dogs on National Dog Day! Actually, I doubt they even know. They are pretty much equally spoiled on any given day. Plus, they can’t read, and who am I to tell and give them a reason to act entitled today? You, on the other hand, can...
by Christine Hanolsy | Aug 21, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Boundaries I used to be good at this—at using the small breaks between tasks to write, or at least to think about writing. I carried a little notebook with me wherever I went (okay, I still do that, but usually I just use my phone nowadays). Give me fifteen minutes,...
by Rowan | Aug 21, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
What kind of stories do you tell? Like a lot of people, I’ve been playing more Animal Crossing this year than I expected to. Not because I particularly love pulling weeds and terraforming (although I’m enjoying recreating Hyrule on my island) or because I...
