by Natalie DeYoung | Aug 1, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Reorienting I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve written anything in the last year. See, a year ago last Sunday I had a baby. I am not the sort of person to do anything by halves, so every ounce of my energy has gone into keeping him alive and...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 31, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Is Free Writing Your Friend? It’s happened a few times that I’ve gone to a writing workshop and the instructor encouraged us all to do a quick free write session. Maybe it was 15 minutes, 20, or 30, but it was just enough time to get an idea out of my head...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Jul 26, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Flying high I’m in pre-vacation running around like a headless chicken mode. Whether or not I’ll have time to read the grids is up in the air, but I hope everyone else takes the time to read, leave thoughtful comments, and vote! Popular voting for the...
by Asha Rajan | Jul 25, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Putting Pen To Paper I have begun this week by physically putting my words down on paper using a pen. I’ve mostly fallen out of the habit of writing out my stories, or anything longer than a shopping list or birthday card, but I owed a few people some lengthy...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 24, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Whose Story Is It Anyway? We all have stories. We have the ones we are a part of and those we’ve heard. We have the ones we’ve participated in and the ones where we’re just hanging on the periphery. As humans, we hear stories every day from our...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Jul 19, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Hot hot hot! After a few cool days late last week, summer has returned with a vengeance here in New England. Therefore, I’m offering virtual ice cream to anyone who would like some before settling in to read the grids. I’m eating two scoops! Popular...
