by Rowan | Apr 1, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Scarlet Quill Society, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Welcome (back) to the Scarlet Quill Society! In 2023 YeahWrite’s free workshop is going back to the basics with a focus on tropes, the sometimes imperceptible and often underrated building blocks of writing. Check out the bottom of this post (and every post) for...
by Rowan | Mar 31, 2023 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Dear diary (don’t) The trick to writing good memoir – and personal essays are a form of memoir – is making sure you don’t tell the reader more about yourself than you intended. What you thought was a funny story might end up being, well,...
by Arden Ruth | Mar 31, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Living at Work No matter what our hobby or passion is, we all find ourselves disconnected from that part of ourselves due to what life throws at us from time to time. For me, working from home has really turned me away from writing. Now while you couldn’t pry my...
by Rowan | Mar 24, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
In like a lion and out like another whole lion with a chip on its shoulder, apparently March! It’s Spring (or Fall) officially! The days are longer (or shorter) than the nights already! (This is, by the way, some !@#$#@$@#@, especially with DST already here.)...
by Christine Hanolsy | Mar 17, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Saving the day As a parent, I often feel like I’m not quite living up to the standards society has set for parenting. Do I pack a healthy three-course lunch for my kid every day? No. Do I shuttle my kids to seventeen different activities every week? Nope; just...
by Rowan | Mar 10, 2023 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round 2 Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Time, time, time SPECIAL NOTE: This weekend, the US marks the beginning of Daylight Saving Time, which means we lose an hour. Because we don’t want to penalize our writers, we will close submissions at...
