by Nathan James | Sep 10, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Shiny objects and bullish men Continuing the trend, I am also a huge fan of retellings. One of my first stories to get in the Top Three at YeahWrite back when we had a blog share was a retelling of Ariadne, who fell in love with the hero Theseus and helped him escape...
by Natalie DeYoung | Sep 3, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Mirror, mirror No joke, but I started reading a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood last week. When I saw what this month’s prompt was, I felt delighted at this bit of serendipity. Retellings are some of my favorite types of stories because reading one is like...
by Asha Rajan | Aug 27, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Doggy tales My husband recently saw a t-shirt with I like dogs and maybe three people written on it and almost bought it for me. Honestly, I’d have worn it everywhere. But the thing is, I like the people I meet when I’m walking my dogs. People are...
by Arden Ruth | Aug 20, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Vacation Mode: On When this post goes live, I’ll be on my first vacation in… well, honestly I don’t even remember the last time I went on vacation (pre-Covid times so too long!). And on this vacation, I’m attending my first wedding in two...
by Rowan | Aug 13, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Impromptu Of all the challenges of the past sneaking-up-on-two years, the one I wasn’t expecting was the difficulty in coming up with prompts. Prompts are often inspired by what we’re reading, what we’re talking about, what we see and do. The things...
by Christine Hanolsy | Aug 6, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
All work and no play Sure, it’s an aphorism, but there’s definitely a kernel of truth to it. When your writing starts to feel more like work and less like play, maybe it’s time to take a breather. Take a half hour and write something completely...
