by Nathan James | May 2, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Risk Assessment Some of you may know I’m in the middle of a career change. It’s been scary to pull myself out of my comfort zone for a career that I’m not even sure I’ll like or be good at. The leap between writing textbooks and designing...
by Rowan | May 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
May Day I thought about writing something long-winded about our global colonized history of oppression by elevation, about how the “noble, silent worker/slave/servant” mythos has been used to penalize anyone who spoke out about their oppression. About how...
by Rowan | May 1, 2020 | 2020 Hindsight, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Where do you stand? In April we took away a lot of ways to add information to your story. In May, we’re giving them back… and then some, with a shift in your point of view. Ready? May’s assignment is: rewrite your story from a different point of...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 29, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Not So Far One of the interesting side-effects, at least for me, an extrovert, of social distancing is that my out-of-town friends don’t feel as far away. I can’t see my in-town friends, so my interactions with all of my friends is similar, meaning they...
by Michelle Longo | Apr 25, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Taking What I Can Get If there’s one area of my life this COVID situation hasn’t upended, it’s my inability to write. I was having trouble before this started and I continue to struggle. On the rare occassion that I’m not super busy with work...
by Rowan | Apr 24, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Just lucky, I guess Look, I know I’m one of the lucky ones. I’ve got a job that people need me to do, and I can do it from the comfort and safety of home. On the other hand, there are times I resent still having a job. The flooring for my bedroom sits...
