by Nathan James | Feb 9, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In summary My project at work lately has been reading kids books and writing two summaries for them. The first summary is sparkly and zippy with exclamation points and loose ends. Hey, did you know? Have you ever? It’s purpose...
by Natalie DeYoung | Feb 2, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Liar liar It’s no secret that we’re natural storytellers. All I have to do to confirm this within myself is remember the amount of lying I did as a child. I don’t know where these stories came from, but they made...
by Nathan James | Jan 26, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nothing to be concerned about Our 250th week of yeah write fun is as good a week as any to talk about trying new outlets. We’ve already shaken things up on you by offering up for inspiration a photo prompt in place of an...
by Natalie DeYoung | Jan 19, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Listen When I don’t access my creativity for a while, it starts to atrophy. It’s still there, but it definitely needs reviving after a long sleep. After a long break from writing, painting, music, drawing, I can feel it...
by Nathan James | Jan 12, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Say what? Unlike what Meg eloquently said about the needs of a good nonfiction essay, we here at the fiction|poetry challenge are more interested in the So What’s cousin, the Say What? What do I mean? Well, I think we can...
by Natalie DeYoung | Jan 5, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Break it down I am a big believer in breaks. I used to work myself into the ground when working on a writing project, and it inevitably showed in the quality of the finished product. After a quick scan of that day’s pages,...
