by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 22, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Connections I reconnected today with a friend from my hometown. We weren’t super close growing up, but we’ve known each other since kindergarten and we ran in the same friend groups. We sang in the school choir together, we both did musicals. It’s...
by Nathan James | Apr 15, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Teatro ZinZanni Spoiler alert: If you have any interest in seeing this show, skip this intro. Or read and forget it immediately. Part of the fun was not knowing what to expect. The writing was a big platter of cheese. The actor/performers wandered around the hall...
by Asha Rajan | Apr 8, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Puzzle pieces I’ve been struggling with putting complete thoughts together in writing this week. My mind’s been full of snippets of stories; beginnings and middles and endings that don’t play nicely with each other. Combined with a series of rejections and...
by Arden Ruth | Apr 1, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
April Fools I loathe April Fool’s Day. Even as a kid, where a harmless whoopee cushion prank would send most into fits, I was the ol’ curmudgeon snarling at anyone who dared try and play a prank on me. Someone must have got me good in a past life. But...
by Rowan | Apr 1, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Scarlet Quill Society, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Welcome (back) to the Scarlet Quill Society! This year at YeahWrite our free workshop focuses on everything BUT the writing, with an editorial series that’ll take the words right out of your mouth and put them on the page. Of course, we’re also including...
by Rowan | Mar 25, 2022 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
I got an ulcer waiting for this post! People have asked us why we release feedback the way we do. It’s because we want you to sit with it. That’s the short answer. The long answer is that both positive and negative feedback lands more gently if you...
