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 #65 summer writer’s series continues: wrapping up your authentic voice in someone else’s
I have completely changed my mind. Forget finding your own voice. Let’s borrow someone else’s.
yeah write #65 summer writer’s series continues: hosted by That Unique* Weblog
If you want readers to stick around, give them a narrator worth reading, worth pondering. Does it need to be Truth to be Authentic? I have my doubts.
yeah write #65 summer writer’s series continues: hosted by saalon muyo
I want to apologize, because this post is a bit of a dodge. I’m can’t tell you how to write in an authentic voice. I’d love to, but I’m just not sure how.
yeah write #65 summer series grid is open: hosted by Bill Dameron
When you speak to your friends, do you pause so they can Google the words you have used?
yeah write #64 summer series grid: wrapping up
[header_box_1 title="the yeah write 2012 summer writer's series begins this week!"] Week One: writing a clear narrative This week's prompts are at the very end of this post. Please welcome our first guest editor Saalon Muyo who tweets as @saalon and blogs at Saalon...
yeah write #64 summer series grid is still open: 4th of July edition
Many many thanks to Eric at Saalon Muyo for kicking off the yeah write summer writer's series this week! Since it's a major American holiday, I am taking over to give him and all the other guest editors time off to wait in line for an hour at Starbucks. Take that,...
yeah write #64 summer series grid is still open: hosted by saalon muyo
[header_box_1 title="the yeah write 2012 summer writer's series begins today!"] Week One: writing a clear narrative This week's prompts are at the very end of this post. Please welcome our first guest editor Saalon Muyo who tweets as @saalon and blogs at Saalon Muyo....
yeah write #64 summer series grid is open: hosted by saalon muyo
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a little yeah write Q & A: 10 tips on creating a clear narrative
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. You've heard that before, right? That story has been told a thousand times, but it's how you tell it that makes it your own. Show, don't tell. Or, as I like to say: you've got five seconds, or I'm out. When you're creating a...