by Michelle Longo | Feb 29, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Long-winded Writing Tips This is going to be a two-fold lesson, so bear with me here. Anyone who knows me know that I am majorly irked by people repeating trite phrases. When everyone is saying a thing, it gets on my nerves. (Yes, I know that I say common things, too....
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 29, 2020 | 2020 Hindsight, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
What have I done? Look, February’s 20/20 was heckin’ hard. We almost died trying to get our story down to wordcount. The good news is, that’s the tightest wordcount you’re going to have all year. The bad news is… we’re still taking...
by Rowan | Feb 28, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Time keeps marching on I know it’s not March yet but it sure feels like March. All the bikers were out today, me-powered and otherwise. And I’m impatiently waiting for my seeds to do their thing. If you’re bored by the idea of me planting cotton and...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 26, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
I Wish I wish for so many things to be different right now: in my private world, in THE world. Sometimes it feels like everying is spiraling out of control. But the ten-day meditation retreat I attended last December taught that this very thing–the...
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 26, 2020 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
I say this every time, but judging the Super Challenge is one of the hardest and most rewarding parts of running the competition. So: let’s talk about math for a minute, ok? Mathematically, we can only advance 12 writers to the final round. (Ok, technically...
by Asha Rajan | Feb 22, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
A cast of thousands Yesterday I went to see Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), and as I type this I’ve got Netflix’s They’ve Gotta Have Us playing in the background (have you seen it? Hurry, go queue it up in your...
