by Asha Rajan | Feb 22, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
A cast of thousands Yesterday I went to see Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), and as I type this I’ve got Netflix’s They’ve Gotta Have Us playing in the background (have you seen it? Hurry, go queue it up in your...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 15, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Quiet as Mice Ambient noise camouflages the ringing in my ears. Honestly, I don’t know how long this has been going on since for over a decade, my husband has snored SO loudly that I can’t hear anything else when my body decides to wake up at 3am. When he...
by Nathan James | Feb 8, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Tick Tock I participated in a writing contest a few weeks ago. The first three days of the contests was MLK Day weekend, and I didn’t write; I told myself I was “planning.” Tuesday rolls around and work explodes with deadlines and stress. I came home...
by Michelle Longo | Feb 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
All around me are familiar faces Weird thing about me number one thousand four hundred fifty-three: I love finding faces on things. Whether it’s a sad fruit, an angry rock, or a really happy telephone pole, I find objects with personality wherever I go. And you...
by Asha Rajan | Jan 25, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Mastering your craft Last week there was a live-on-stage interview with David Suchet in my city that my lovely husband had acquired tickets for. Suchet is probably best known for his television and film portrayal of Hercule Poirot, but like so many of his compatriots...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Jan 18, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
See a Movie, then Write I have been going to a lot of movies over the past few months, after years of rarely seeing any. Writing a screenplay is obviously different from writing a short story, but you can get some interesting ideas from watching movies, like how time...
