by Natalie DeYoung | Oct 13, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Be not afraid of greatness” My head has been filled with nothing but Shakespeare for weeks now. My literature class is studying Twelfth Night, and today we watched the film version of Shakespeare’s great...
by Rowan | Oct 7, 2015 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Nonfiction, the speakeasy, Voting, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here Why are you here? No, but really, why are you here? Not in a cosmic sense, but in a personal one. I know why I come down to this little corner of the net every week,...
by Nathan James | Oct 6, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Where ever I sat, there I might live, and the landscape radiated from me accordingly.” Henry David Thoreau, arguably America’s first tree-hugger, wrote that in Walden. I memorized the quote the very moment I read...
by Rowan | Oct 2, 2015 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Nonfiction, the speakeasy, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]I sat down to write this post in a pretty good mood, you know? I was ready to tell you that it’s a new month and we’ve got some new stuff for our focus on fiction, poetry slam, and even a treat for...
by Rowan | Sep 30, 2015 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Nonfiction, the speakeasy, Voting, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here NOW THAT I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION: No, really. Do I? I’m in a pretty privileged position, writing the voting and winner’s posts every week. It means I write...
by Natalie DeYoung | Sep 29, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] More than we can chew At the beginning of every class, I have my composition students journal. Though I pick out topics for them to gnaw on if they so choose, I also give them the option to just empty their...
