by Christine Hanolsy | Jul 2, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Unmoored This is the first summer in a long, long time—like, since I was a student—where I don’t have every minute scheduled. It used to be day camps and childcare for the kids, and the regular 9-5 for me. Even after I left my office job to pursue writing, I had...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jul 1, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Navigating Prompts, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Is it possible If you put that search string into Google, you’ll get a lot of autocomplete options. One of the most fascinating ones is “Is it possible to write a story without characters?” The answers are sure, certain: No. Yes. One of our favorite...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 29, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
A little help from your friends Join YeahWrite editors for virtual coworking hours throughout the summer! We’ll open up a Zoom, make some introductions, talk about what we want to accomplish during the session, and spend an hour or so working quietly on our...
by Rowan | Jun 28, 2021 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Y’all, I know I’m supposed to write something chirpy and exciting, but the LOW temperature here last night was around 90 degrees (around 30 Celsius for folks living in countries with reasonable measurement standards) and frankly I think I’ve sweated...
by Nathan James | Jun 25, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Dah Brees-way Our apartment is unique for Chicago because it is both large and comparably inexpensive. In the back of the line of rooms, like a caboose, there’s a large, covered…well, in Michigan we’d call it a back deck but our landlord in his thick...
by Natalie DeYoung | Jun 18, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Surf’s up Every summer, my little family escapes the heat with near-daily trips to the beach. California is built to be lived in outside, but as the years grow hotter and hotter, staying in the water is the only palatable option available. My kids are finally...
