by Nathan James | 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 Michelle Longo | Jan 5, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
New Year, New You? Anyone else sick of that phrase yet? How about “New Year, New Slogan?” In any event, happy 2019! This is a perfect opportunity to set some goals for your writing and then get to work crushing them! Be sure to set small and measurable...
by Asha Rajan | Dec 29, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Squad Goals Remember what babes in the woods we all were at the beginning of 2018? I think I may actually have dared 2018 to “COME AT ME.” It did. Now that we’re at the nub end of the year, I’m bowing in supplication to 2019, that it might be...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Dec 22, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction
Just Say No to Pants I had to put on actual pants more than once this week! When I worked in an office, I donned pants almost daily, but now? Not so much. I’ve gotten so used to wearing comfy stretchy material that real pants feel restrictive. So now, if I go...
by Nathan James | Dec 15, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Faking it Today at work someone asked me to edit an essay on the new technology scientists use. It was written by a well-respected archaeologist. I just kind of marveled at that for a minute. Well, actually, the first feeling I crashed into was Imposter Syndrome. You...
by Michelle Longo | Dec 8, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Notice Anything? Hey hey!! Welcome to our streamlined kickoff post! You wanted shorter kickoffs and we wanted you to have all the information you need whether it’s your first time or your 400th, so it took us a minute to figure out what that would look like. We...
