by Michelle Longo | Apr 30, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
It’s Not New, But It’s Good I was recently reading an article about how to get started writing. It wasn’t necessarily genre-specific, but the advice was pretty solid, if nothing new. (A better person would have remembered where she saw this article...
by Rowan | Apr 7, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
cough. cough. cough. The only thing worse than having bronchitis for two weeks is trying to edit what you wrote during those two weeks. One hit of cough syrup and every defense I have against overblown metaphor, word overuse, and over.. you know what, I was gonna do a...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 5, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Go for the gusto! “Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal.” –Ava DuVernay I will admit, I’ve been so distracted for nearly a year that I feel like I can’t even remember...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 5, 2017 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
The Flashiest of Flash Micro is back. That’s right: in honor of YeahWrite’s sixth birthday, we’re rebooting our famous fast-and-furious flash competition, and I couldn’t be more excited! This time around, we’re dialing it up a notch. The...
by Michelle Longo | Apr 2, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
March is the Worst and Other Complaints My therapist told me I need to look for the good things when I’m feeling troubled. Here’s the good thing about March: it’s over. March around here was filled with sickness, rain, snow, more sickness, too much...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Editor’s note: Hey, gang. In lieu of a poetry slam this month I’m giving you a special treat: a look into the brain of our original micro grid editor, Christine! Christine started writing micros back at the old Trifecta challenge and when YeahWrite decided...