by Stacie Dalrymple | May 8, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Rain, Rain, Go Away The first winter I lived in the greater Boston area, Mother Nature delivered the most snow in recorded history. Now, we’ve had the wettest month in recorded history. I am really tired of breaking all-time weather records. I just want some...
by Nathan James | May 4, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction
slash-and-burn The last few months have been tumultuous for me. In January, I quit both running and attending the book club I’ve helmed for 14 years. I significantly dialed back other groups I’m heavily involved in. I seriously considered at times quitting...
by Rowan | May 3, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Sumer is icumen in And I’m not ready for it. The quince is flowering, the dogwoods are getting ready to do their thing, and that darn currant is already setting fruit. It’s going to be a good year for blueberries, too. But it’s been a rough spring,...
by Stacie Dalrymple | May 1, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
O I spy a cuckoo, a cuckoo, a cuckoo It’s the merry month of May, although quite a few folks in the USA and Canada can be forgiven for wondering if they woke up in the wrong hemisphere this week! But where I am (and, I hear, where Rowan and Christine are)...
by Christine Hanolsy | May 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite, Year of Fearless Writing
Welcome to the Year of Fearless Writing! You write. I mean, that's why you're here. But how often do you say "I'm a writer?" And what's the difference between "I write" and "I'm a writer" anyway? Over the last five years, YeahWrite--besides being a great place to...
by Christine Hanolsy | May 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Big ideas in tiny packages If you’re a fan of our microprose challenge, you know the joy—and the pain—of squeezing an entire narrative into a very limited number of words. It’s a matter of distilling your stories, reducing them down to their basic...
