by Rowan | Jan 10, 2024 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
L’esprit de l’escalier It’s a French colloquialism for coming up with the perfect response to something well after the moment to say it has passed. We’re here to save you from that feeling, but don’t let our moment pass you by. After...
by Rowan | Jun 23, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Unraveling As we mentioned in our guide to genre prompts a while back (cue the “it’s been 84 years” meme) there are some genres that are checklists of things to be included, and some that ask you to change your style or narrative voice. Both kinds,...
by Rowan | Jun 2, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round 2 Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) So you’ve got 48 hours… to finish a story. From plot to pinnacle. That’s not a lot of time. So while you’re mulling over our mixed-genre prompt and trying to find your way into the...
by Rowan | May 31, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Think positive! By now, all of our writers have been gnashing their teeth over their feedback for a few hours. It’s easy to focus on the negatives, but remember: the judges are specifically asked to point out what they see as the strong points as well as the...
by Rowan | May 5, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round One Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Let’s do this! Are you ready for 48 hours of frantically writing and then just as frantically second-guessing your idea? Before you go grab your prompt and start doing that, we’d like a word....
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,...