by Michelle Longo | Sep 25, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Tense Person I am a tense person. I like to tell people I’m high strung. I’m not sure why I like to tell them. It’s not exactly a positive trait. I guess it’s so that when they sneak up behind me, and I jump to the ceiling I can say,...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 20, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Hop to it! Bunnies love my yard. Right now, outside of my window, I see three bunnies munching on the grass and eyeballing the sliding glass door as if at any moment two rambunctious dogs might rush out. Their caution is well-founded; my dogs enjoy a good chase almost...
by Asha Rajan | Sep 19, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Yarns Of Wool And Words Winter is a really unproductive season for me. I find the dark, cold days affect my energy and enthusiasm, and I struggle to maintain a reasonable schedule. When I’m in a writing slump like this, I try to exercise other creative muscles....
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 18, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Everyone starts at the beginning This is (somehow) the 5 year anniversary of my first ever editor’s pick at YeahWrite for my post about latte foam which honestly I thought was a silly piece without much merit. As I recall, it didn’t do all that well in the...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 13, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Unplanned Family Time For those of you on the edge of your seat waiting to hear whether my son successfully escaped Miami prior to Irma unleashing her wrath on South Florida: he did. I was both relieved and thrilled to have my family intact. Irma was a rough ride for...
by Nathan James | Sep 12, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
The mind sludge and the don’t-wannas After a long break to refill my creative wells and fine tune some existing work, I’m starting to shift back into the mindset of generating new writing. Trying to dedicate 30 minutes of writing a day after 32 days of...
