by Rowan | Oct 25, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round One Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Friday is the first day of your work week! Fine, that’s a horrible sentiment. But like most freelancers, I work weekends too. So just know that while you’re working on your story, I’m...
by Nathan James | Oct 19, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Sketch Me If You Can I was just reading an article about the inception of the television show Schitt’s Creek. In it Dan Levy, the writer, producer, director, and actor of the show, talked about the experience of collaborating with his father, comedian Eugene...
by Michelle Longo | Oct 12, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Another Writing Metaphor This morning, just like I do every day, the first thing I did when I sat at my desk was check my email. Overnight there were over 50 new ones. I sifted through, checking off for deletion what I didn’t need. When I was done, there were...
by Asha Rajan | Oct 5, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
South Central YeahWrite One of the most amusing things about moving back to Australia has been keeping up with the grids at YeahWrite – and I know I’m not alone in this. As my morning walks weave past flowers and nesting birds, the headers on the posts...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 28, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
For Science! When I first started writing for the grids, it took me a long time to lose some of the habits I’d developed writing scientific papers for years. Passive voice? BYE BYE. Long, convoluted sentences? I’m working on it. But one thing I refuse to...
by Nathan James | Sep 21, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Hospitality So last week I found out I was born with an extra electrical pathway in my heart. To fix it, they put me on the table, shoved cameras and lasers into me, and scarred my heart tissue to stop it from racing uncontrollably whenever it damn well pleased. I’m...
