by Asha Rajan | Jul 5, 2017 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
What The Good Doctor Ordered It was the season finale of Dr. Who this week, and what a humdinger! There was action, there was pathos, there were monsters, there was a compelling storyline, it was a great package. It was also Steven Moffat’s last full series for...
by Nathan James | Jul 4, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Building up I’ve been wallowing in a mud hole all weekend. It’s the same mud hole I visit whenever a writing competition ends. These contests always make me grow; they show me how far I’ve come in writing fiction. They also gently remind me how far...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 3, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Metaphorically Speaking The first post I ever submitted to YeahWrite* – a whopping five years ago – was an essay about crackers. Basically, I went on for a zillion words (no limit back then, and trust me, that was not a good thing) about how I had these...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Jun 28, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Lightning strikes! Massive thunderstorms rolled into the Boston area last night and boy did I have my share of excitement when a lighting bolt zapped our transformer, leaving us in the dark without power for nearly 5 hours. The fallout kept me busy all day today but...
by Asha Rajan | Jun 27, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Time Keeps On Ticking, Into The Future We’re almost at the middle of the school year here in Australia, and this seems like a good time to check in with everyone on their writing goals for the year. I started the year wanting to do another edit and expansion of my...
by Michelle Longo | Jun 26, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Vacation: All I Ever Wanted As you read this, I am on vacation, spending a few days at the beach with my family. We’ve been to this place (Wildwood, NJ, if you really care) many times over the years – as a family of three, in our earlier dating and married...
