by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 19, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
My Brain on Brevity Last year, I hardly wrote at all. I read a lot–more than sixty books–but I can count the number of stories I wrote on one hand (okay, it was six, but you get what I mean). Since I’ve already written three stories in 2019,...
by Rowan | Jan 18, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Practice makes… …perfect, right? Isn’t that how the saying goes? But it turns out that’s not quite true, is it? See, recent studies have shown that mindful practice improves your work a lot faster than just repetitive practice. What’s...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 16, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Hanging on to the Holidays I still haven’t taken down my Christmas decorations. In my defense, I was gone all last week and this week has been full of paperwork, writing (!!), and restocking the refrigerator (not necessarily in that order). I’ll get to it,...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 12, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction
Is That All? Probably the biggest thing I’ve learned (and continue to learn) from participating in YeahWrite challenges is how to tell a complete fictional or nonfictional story in a tight word count and still maintain a style and themes. It’s not easy. As...
by Rowan | Jan 11, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Whatever gets you through Hey, did you know they make energy drinks that are also coffee but they’re still energy drinks? I’ve got a dozen or so backed up emails I can’t even bring myself to look at, the fancy blueblocker “stop getting...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jan 9, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
I Found My Heart I tagged along on my husband’s business trip to San Francisco, and since he is in meetings all day, I spend the day walking for hours and eating old favorites like clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl and dungeness crab cocktail. YUM!...
