by Rowan | Dec 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Coda The last piece of music, the last stanza, the last closing remark. It’s December, and that means it’s time for the last poetry slam. This year we didn’t focus on forms as much as techniques – I hope everyone learned something to take away,...
by Christine Hanolsy | Nov 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Have you ever read a story, certain you know where it’s going, only to have the author take a sharp turn at the end? It’s like walking through the forest and suddenly coming upon a pristine mountain lake. A turn like this can open your eyes to an entirely...
by Rowan | Oct 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
I have a pretty good visual memory… for reading. In fact, not only can I tell you what I read, I can tell you where on the page it was. And the shapes of the letters line up in my brain and make sense to me. So much sense that I was the state spelling champion....
by Rowan | Sep 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Imagine me and you, and you and me… One of the standard exercises for fiction writers is to write a story from the point of view of an inanimate object. It’s rather hard to do well, honestly, largely because so many new writers can’t resist the...
by Rowan | Aug 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
It all hangs together When I was a kid, my dad would take us down to the river, or the lake, and he’d go fishing. In the days when I was still too little to hold even my own downsized pole (the one that sits in a corner here now, in case my niece is ever...
by Rowan | Jul 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Anchors When you think of an anchor, what does that mean to you? Is it an object that holds you back, or one that keeps you grounded and safe? Can it be both? In this month’s technique-focused poetry slam we’re going to explore how time and place are used...
