by Rowan | Aug 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Writing Help, YeahWrite
In Misery, Stephen King wrote [Paul] understood what he was doing now as TRYING TO HAVE AN IDEA. TRYING TO HAVE AN IDEA wasn’t the same thing as GETTING AN IDEA. GETTING AN IDEA was a more humble way of saying I am inspired, or Eureka! My muse has spoken!...
by Rowan | Jul 7, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Rated C for Courtesy “Okay, but is it R for violence or for sex?” my mom asked, frustrated. She wanted to take us to a movie – I can’t remember which one – because it was well over 100 degrees outside (38+ for my Celsius-reading peeps,...
by Rowan | Jul 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
I want do-overs! Whether you call it a mulligan, a retraction, or a palinode, it’s human to err and even more human to want to correct that error. This month for our Poetry Slam at YeahWrite we’ll explore the palinode – the poet’s version of...
by Rowan | Jul 1, 2017 | Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
With the solstice just past, most of us are either in the depths of winter or the height of summer. So it’s natural to be thinking about extremes. For this month’s Nonfiction Know-How, I’ll be discussing emotional extremes and giving you a few tips...
by Rowan | Jun 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Let’s take a mid-season break! Where I’m sitting, it’s almost midsummer. Editor Asha, in Australia, is watching midwinter approach. But no matter where in the world you are, it’s a season of song. Some of us are singing around beach bonfires,...
by Rowan | Jun 1, 2017 | Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
A Glancing Blow Do you ever notice, when you’re editing, that you have a “favorite word?” Mine, apparently, is “glance.” In the rough draft of the novel I’m editing, “glance” occurs on average once every 1.98 pages. In...
