Writing Help
Looking for a few extra tips and tricks or craft hints? You’ve found YeahWrite’s Writing Help archive. Below, you’ll see a collection of the posts we think you’ll find helpful. Besides our monthly Nonfiction Know-How and Poetry Slams, we’ve included posts from past workshops, guest authors, classes, and the times one or another of our editors added some in-depth knowledge during a routine weekly post. Be sure to check out our favorite post: the one that defines the “so what.” Whether you write fiction, nonfiction, or correspondence, your reader should never be left asking… so what? We’ve also collected our best of the best posts about constructive criticism in one place, because writing help is also about helping each other write. Good luck, and happy writing!
yeah write #173 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting + dialog: a primer
It’s voting day on the supergrid! The grid is at the bottom of this post, along with all the relevant information on voting guidelines. Read those over carefully before you campaign or vote for your favorites. Do You Talk? You may remember that in last Thursday’s...
yeah write #173 weekly writing challenge: supergrid is open; why so many rules?
The 2014 yeah write summer series continues! Check out Christine’s weekly kickoff post to find everything you need to know about the guidelines, format, and lounges for our third summer series. You'll find the grid and posting guidelines at the bottom of this post....
yeah write #173 weekly writing challenge: the 2014 summer supergrid is open for microfiction, essays, and short fiction
The 2014 yeah write summer series continues! Check out Christine’s weekly kickoff post to find everything you need to know about the guidelines, format, and lounges for our third summer series. You'll find the grid and posting guidelines at the bottom of this post....
yeah write #173 weekly writing challenge: 2014 summer series continues with getting out of the rut
So what's going on here at yeah write? We're knee-deep into the summer series, and man is there a lot going on here! We've got a little something for everyone, and it's been a blast so far. First off, there's the yeah write lounges, where you can really shape up your...
yeah write #172 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting + more on mechanics
It's voting day on the supergrid! The grid is at the bottom of this post, along with all the relevant information on voting guidelines. Read those over carefully before you campaign or vote for your favorites. Does Your Writing Need a Mechanic? On Tuesday, we talked...
Yeah write weekly writing challenge #172: Verbs make me tense
The party continues on the summer supergrid! It looks like everyone's finding a home on the supergrid these days, from the folks fine-tuning the mix of lemons in their gargleblasters to the gangsters roaming through from the speakeasy (tommy guns in hand, of course),...
yeah write #172 weekly writing challenge: the 2014 summer supergrid is open for microfiction, essays, and short fiction
The 2014 yeah write summer series continues! Check out Christine’s weekly kickoff post to find everything you need to know about the guidelines, format, and lounges for our third summer series. You'll find the grid and posting guidelines at the bottom of this post....
yeah write #172 weekly writing challenge: 2014 summer series continues with writing to a prompt
Have you discovered the bronze lounge community? The coffeehouse? The summer supergrid? We’ve got a lot going on at the same time this summer at yeah write weekly writing challenge, a little something for anyone who may stop by. The bronze lounge is our free space for...
yeah write #171 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting + more on story
It's voting day on the supergrid! The grid's at the bottom of this post, along with some super important information on voting guidelines. Read those over carefully before you campaign or vote for your favorites. On Tuesday, I talked about what story isn't. Today...
yeah write #171 weekly writing challenge: the 2014 summer supergrid is open for microfiction, essays and short fiction
The 2014 yeah write summer series continues! Check out Christine’s weekly kickoff post to find everything you need to know about the guidelines, format, and lounges for our third summer series. You'll find the grid and posting guidelines at the bottom of this post....
yeah write #170 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting + more on conflict
Can you believe it? It’s already time to vote for crowd favorite and top row winners at the first supergrid of our 2014 summer series! But first, I am pleased to bring you part two of my article on literary conflict. You will find the grid and all the voting...
yeah write #170 weekly writing challenge: 2014 summer series is open and we’re writing for our target audience
Have you discovered the bronze lounge community? The coffeehouse? The summer supergrid? We've got a lot going on at the same time this summer at yeah write weekly writing challenge, a little something for anyone who may stop by. The bronze lounge is our free space for...
yeah write #170 weekly writing challenge: the 2014 summer supergrid is open for microfiction, essays and short fiction
The first grid of the 2014 yeah write summer series is officially open! In cased you missed it, click here to read Christine’s weekly kickoff post, which is laden with information about the guidelines, format, and lounges for our third summer series. You will find the...
yeah write #169 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Oh my god, commas. Y'all, I think it's time we had a chat. About your commas. Yeah, those little guys that hang out down there imitating periods but, like, with tails. I know it's the last week before the summer series. I know! I'm excited too. But the last thing...
a little yeah write Q & A: the five easy pieces of a yeah write personal essay
personal essays and personal blog anecdotes